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Thu 09 Sep 2010New rule to tighten controls on Chinese mobile phone-users
CHINESE MOBILE phone-users have to register their personal details to buy a SIM card under a new government rule, which Beijing says will crack down on spam and porn but which some see as an invasion of privacy.
Under new rules from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which come into force this week, residents buying numbers for mobile phones must now show their ID cards – and foreigners must produce their passports – with buyers limited to a maximum of 18 numbers.
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