关闭新闻门户并非限制言.pdfVIP

Shutdownofnewsportalsnotaimedat

restrainingofspeech:experts

XiaLin(pseudonym)neverthoughtthatonedayhewouldlosehisjobas

areporteratoneofsbiggestcommercialwebsites,especiallyata

timewhenitseemsanyonecanbeareporter.

AlongwithXia,anumberofmediaworkersarenowjobs

afteracrackdownoncommercialwebsitesnewsbranches,whichare

bannedundernewInternetmanagementregulations.

OnJuly24,theBeijingCyberspaceofAdministrationshutdownthe

programsofseveralcommercialnewsportalsrunbymajorInternet

giantsforpublishingoriginalarticrelatedtosocialandpoliticalissues

includingGeekNews,anewsprogramrunbySinaandPeoplein

News,runbySohu.

expertshavearguedthatthismoveaimstoterregulate

informationinsteadofrestrainingofspeech,anddespitethe

专家：关闭门户并非旨在限制自由

夏林（化名）从未想过有一天他会失去最大商业之一的工作，尤

其是在这个似乎人人都可以成为的时代。

商业的部门受到新的互联理规定的，导致许多

工作者与夏一样失业。

7月24日，市关闭了新浪旗下的《极客》、搜狐旗下的

《人物》等多家主要互联网巨头运营的发布社会问题文章的商业

门户。

专家认为，此举旨在更好地信息，而不是限制自由，尽管

claimsofsome,itshouldnotbeinterpretedasacrackdownonmedia

industry.

Blindpursuit

TheBeijingAdministrationofCyberspacesaidthattheyhaveclosed

thewebsites,mobileapplicationsandWeChataccountsofallthese

bannednewsprograms,citinganarticleintheProvisionsonthe

AdministrationofInternetNewsInformationServices.

Theregulationstatesthatre-postingorreleasingnewsarticon

socialandpoliticalissuescanonlybedoneifthearticwerewrittenby

newsagenciesrunbycentral,provincialormunicipalgovernments.

XiatoldtheGlobalTimesthatworkingasareporterforawebsite

requiressimilarprofessionalskillsasworkingataState-runnewsagency.

However,inrecentyears,commercialwebsiteshave