A draft law submitted to China’s top legislature for review obliges telecoms operators and internet service providers to help police and state security departments in investigations about leaks of state secrets, the state-run China Daily newspaper said.

Under the new legislation, all internet providers and telecoms companies would be required to detect, report and delete information deemed to be disclosing state secrets, the newspaper report said. It did not say what penalties for violations would be.

The draft law leaves a wide scope for what could be considered state secrets, defining them as: “Information that concerns state security and interests and, if leaked, would damage state security and interests in the areas of politics, economy and national defence, among others,” Xinhua News Agency said.

The government recently also issued new regulations to tighten procedures for domain name registration and to remove websites that are not officially registered.

Source : Konaxis