NCC proposing new act to censor Internet: KMT
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Rather than reflecting on the public outcry over CTi News having its license revoked, the government is doubling down, Alicia Wang said
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday accused the government of attempting to control free speech on the Internet with its plans for an over-the-top media services management act.
While the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) draft version of the act would allow over-the-top media service providers to register on what the NCC has described as a “voluntary” basis, under the same act, the agency could also require mandatory registration of providers based on measures such as their number of users, revenue, amount of traffic or market influence, or for some other major public interest, the KMT said.