The world has turned into Cyberspace and the people are known as cybercitizens. Technological advancement has brought the world into one page but is unable to assemble them. It has involved everybody without any strict regulations. So it is being used for manipulation and exploitation. Human has to change its envious nature.
Further, it has created many challenges and become a tool for war. Therefore the emerging superpower China is going to set rules to control its negative usage. One of the news agencies of China Xinhua reported that China will step up efforts to promote a “civilized” internet by strengthening oversight over the likes of news sites and online platforms and encouraging them to promote core socialist values.
Moreover, China’s regulators have been trying to strengthen control over society with more stringent supervision of a range of sectors from technology to education and entertainment despite the fast growth and rapid change.
Further, they aim to use Cyberspace to promote education about the ruling Communist Party and its achievements, according to guidelines. And want to take a clear-cut stand against “historical nihilism.” It is defined as any attempt to use the past to question the party’s leading role or the “inevitability” of Chinese socialism, and good moral values should be promoted, such as by publicizing cases involving model workers.
Besides this, they want to strengthen behavioral norms in cyberspace by cultivating ethics and rules that conform to socialist core values. In addition, China’s efforts to help young people to use the internet “correctly” and “safely”. They intend to make Internet platforms improve self-discipline and governance over content platforms such as live streaming.
Therefore, they are about to accelerate the formulation, revision, and implementation of laws such as ones pertaining to cybercrime and the protection of minors.
This would be a very good initiative by the Chinese government because it is highly important to have control over cyberspace. Otherwise, it would colonize us and we will be a slave to it.
