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題名 Regulating Blogging and Microblogging in China 作者 李治安
Lee, Jyh-An貢獻者 法科所 關鍵詞 blog;microblog;weibo;China;Internet;free speech 日期 2012.12 上傳時間 13-Nov-2013 17:45:33 (UTC+8) 摘要 Because Chinese bloggers and microbloggers publish their opinions under the government’s scrutiny, an interesting issue is whether or not these social media have influenced Chinese people’s perceptions and conceptions of human rights. Blogging and microblogging activities require user involvement, communications, connection, and sharing. Such social interaction may lead to the establishment of new social issues and substantial changes in values and ideas. In the blogosphere where politics are not concerned, bloggers, microbloggers, and the Chinese courts have begun to define the scope of free speech. Therefore, social media’s impact on China’s politics and human rights — especially free speech and privacy — may be a gradual and subtle evolution, rather than a democratic revolution. From the perspectives of Chinese bloggers, the political control of online expression, such as censorship, is actually a tradeoff for free speech outside the political domain. In this essay, I will first analyze how the Chinese government controls political blogging and microblogging activities. Then I will examine a recent Chinese defamation case, Beijing Kingsoft Security Software Co., Ltd. v. Zhou, in which Chinese courts first explored the social role of microblogging and its relations with free speech. The Chinese case exhibits some controversies similar to the recent U.S. online defamation case, Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, which was decided by an Oregon federal district court around the same time. From the Chinese court decision, we can, to some extent, understand that vigorous social media activities have gradually influenced the human rights practices in China in a positive way. 關聯 Oregon Law Review, 91(2), 609-620 資料類型 article dc.contributor 法科所 en_US dc.creator (作者) 李治安 zh_TW dc.creator (作者) Lee, Jyh-An en_US dc.date (日期) 2012.12 en_US dc.date.accessioned 13-Nov-2013 17:45:33 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 13-Nov-2013 17:45:33 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Nov-2013 17:45:33 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/61670 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) Because Chinese bloggers and microbloggers publish their opinions under the government’s scrutiny, an interesting issue is whether or not these social media have influenced Chinese people’s perceptions and conceptions of human rights. Blogging and microblogging activities require user involvement, communications, connection, and sharing. Such social interaction may lead to the establishment of new social issues and substantial changes in values and ideas. In the blogosphere where politics are not concerned, bloggers, microbloggers, and the Chinese courts have begun to define the scope of free speech. Therefore, social media’s impact on China’s politics and human rights — especially free speech and privacy — may be a gradual and subtle evolution, rather than a democratic revolution. From the perspectives of Chinese bloggers, the political control of online expression, such as censorship, is actually a tradeoff for free speech outside the political domain. In this essay, I will first analyze how the Chinese government controls political blogging and microblogging activities. Then I will examine a recent Chinese defamation case, Beijing Kingsoft Security Software Co., Ltd. v. Zhou, in which Chinese courts first explored the social role of microblogging and its relations with free speech. The Chinese case exhibits some controversies similar to the recent U.S. online defamation case, Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, which was decided by an Oregon federal district court around the same time. From the Chinese court decision, we can, to some extent, understand that vigorous social media activities have gradually influenced the human rights practices in China in a positive way. en_US dc.format.extent 99416 bytes - dc.format.mimetype application/pdf - dc.language.iso en_US - dc.relation (關聯) Oregon Law Review, 91(2), 609-620 en_US dc.subject (關鍵詞) blog;microblog;weibo;China;Internet;free speech en_US dc.title (題名) Regulating Blogging and Microblogging in China en_US dc.type (資料類型) article en
