Last year, a man in Sichuan Province was detained for five days for spreading online rumors. The man fabricated "a salt shortage" post online after a tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which police said would trigger panic buying and salt hoarding amid radiation fears.
The surging online irregularities has demonstrated the lack of Internet legislation and deficiency of law implementation.
The country has a series of rules and regulations on the management of the Internet, but no specific laws have been enacted.
In the virtual Internet society, which is an extension of the real world, corresponding rights and obligations should also be clearly defined and relevant laws and rules be abided by.
China's top legislature will discuss a draft decision next week to strengthen Internet information protection during its bimonthly session.
For a nation whose Internet population reached more than 500 million, to keep exerting the Internet's positive effect by improved legal support is a wise measure to retain the enduring impetus of building a harmonious society.
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