China, has been known in the past to take many extremist decisions against freedom of internet media.

Continuing those efforts, they recently banned individuals from registering domain names.

via thenextweb

In a drastic move to tighten regulations of the Internet, individuals can no longer register domain names in China, and those who already have personal websites could lose them.

The China Internet Network Information Centre, which supervises domain name registration, says that the measure stemmed from concern over widespread pornographic content on personal websites.

Existing individual domains could also be in trouble. Website owners in Jiangsu, Shanghai, Henan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi said their sites were no longer accessible.

Read More: China’s official declaration

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