Regulation would promote honest cyberspace

Chinese online service providers and users will be blacklisted if they fabricate, post or spread information that violates social morality, business ethnics or honesty toward the public, according to a proposed regulation.

Businesses and individuals offering technologies, devices or services to publish or broadcast fake information to disrupt cyberspace and damage society's interests will also be blacklisted, it said.

Public opinion is now being solicited on the proposed regulation, issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the nation's top internet watchdog. The regulation aims to promote the building of credible cyberspace and safeguard the legitimate rights of residents and organizations.