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'''CNNIC''' is an acronym for the '''China Internet Network Information Center'''. It is a state-controlled body which is often charged with drafting and carrying out new anti-liberalization policies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?_r=1 NYT]</ref> Since 2008, it has also been acknowledged as the Secretariat of [[APAC]], the anti-Phishing Alliance of China.<ref>[http://blog.anta.net/2008/07/24/china-forms-anti-phishing-alliance/ Security Blog]</ref>

'''China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)''' is a state-run administration and service organization responsible for fundamental internet reources.<ref>[http://www1.cnnic.cn/AU/Introduction/Introduction/201208/t20120815_33295.htm About CNNIC]</ref> It is established under the Ministry of Information Industry for the government of China.  

 

As of June, 2007, CNNIC reported there were some 162 million internet users in China; this represents an increase of over 25 million from only January of that year. At that same time the United States had about 211 million internet users.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSHA17814220070719 Reuters]</ref> Since then, the amount of internet users has increased exponentially; and, as of December of 2010, CNNIC reported the presence of 457.3 million users.<ref>[http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110125VL200.html DigiTimes]</ref>

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==Security, Censorship, and Controversy==

==Security, Censorship, and Controversy==

The '''Green Dam Youth Escort''' was an attempt to mandate all computer producers to distribute filtering software with their products. The project received government backing in April, 2009, and a few months later it was pressing forward with a universal requirement of the filter.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090608_chinas_green_dam_youth_escort_software/ CircleID]</ref> The filter was immediately downloaded and used by schools and other areas of the public sector, but many businesses and individuals took issue with the mandate. The project was eventually scaled back and a universal requirement never seems to have been fully enforced.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?_r=1 NYT]</ref>

The '''Green Dam Youth Escort''' was an attempt to mandate all computer producers to distribute filtering software with their products. The project received government backing in April, 2009, and a few months later it was pressing forward with a universal requirement of the filter.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090608_chinas_green_dam_youth_escort_software/ CircleID]</ref> The filter was immediately downloaded and used by schools and other areas of the public sector, but many businesses and individuals took issue with the mandate. The project was eventually scaled back and a universal requirement never seems to have been fully enforced.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?_r=1 NYT]</ref>

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