【新唐人2011年6月15日讯】中共当局近期出“重拳”，关闭55家所谓的“非法网路公关网站”，其中涉及民众维权的网站有20多家。互联网维权人士表示，被打压的可能是当局认为的“揭露社会阴暗面”的网站。而网友评论说，中共以冠冕堂皇之名，干着控制言论自由的勾当。
中共四部委(互联网信息办公室、工信部、公安部和工商总局)联手，近期频出“重拳”，打击所谓非法网路公关，其中包括关闭55家网路公关网站。
《中国民生观察网》的负责人刘飞跃告诉《美国之音》：“这些应该都是民间的维权人士，公民记者建立的一些网站，主要做民间维权工作， 或者是报导一些老百姓的事情，一般是报导一些官方或是政府不愿意报导的，一些他们认为是阴暗面或是负面的消息。 这类网站，主要做维权，不具有官方性。当局可能借助这样的机会把它关闭掉了。”
据了解，这55家被关闭的网站带有维权性质的有20多家，其中包括 “百姓发掘网”、“百姓心声网”、“热点315”、 “消费投诉315 网站”、“315 网站”，以及“315天涯投诉举报网”等。
记者尝试登陆部分被关闭的网站，其中“热点315” 6月14号的首页显示，“关注社会热点，倾听百姓的声音”，不过，头条新闻已经是去年（2010年）12月的旧闻。而“百姓心声网”的首页，显示的最新消息也是去年（2010年）8月的。
而刘飞跃说，他的《民生观察网》2006年创建一个月后，就被当局视为‘敌对’网站被封锁。但是，因为服务器在国外，并不能完全遮罩，只是目前中国大陆的网民不容易看到。
网友“维琪揭秘”评论说：“什么事到了专制当局那里就变了味，什么扫黄打黑呀、关闭非法网站呀，都是假着冠冕堂皇之名干着控制言论新闻媒体自由、打压民主维权异议声音之实的勾当。”
《美国之音》报导援引有关部门的消息说，这55家网站，“有所谓“维权类网站”，有声称代理删除负面帖文的“删帖公司”，有招募、推介‘网路水军’、‘代理刷票’的“水军网站”和“刷票公司”，有从事‘网路炒作’的所谓“网路推手”。
今年5月，法国《法新社》报导说，中国有5亿人上网，互联网已迅速成为世界上人口最多国家的重要论坛和发声管道。中共领导人显然注意到了这一点，他们密切关注着网上舆论，尽管这些舆论已经被政府严格规定：什么可以和什么不能在网上讨论。
美国联邦参议员舒默刚刚从中国回来，6月6号在纽约举行的第4 届“互联网周会议”（The 4th Annual Internet Week Conference）上，舒默回答听众提问时表示，“中国领导人看到突尼斯、埃及所发生的事情，他们害怕互联网。他们说要关闭互联网，我还不知道他们怎么做到，因为想绕过（封锁）去的人还是可以做到。互联网的性质就是自由的，总是能够绕过封锁。”
新唐人记者 林慧心 王明宇综合报导
55 Websites Closed by CCP
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) recently
closed 55 “illegal public relation websites,”
including 20 rights protection websites. Internet
rights activists said that those suppressed might be
“websites which expose the sordid side of society.”.
Netizens criticized the CCP for using fancy words,
when it is actually killing freedom of speech.
CCP’s four ministries (Internet Information Office,
Industry and Information Technology, Public Security,
State Administration for Industry and Commerce)
recently joined efforts to take strong measures.
They suppressed so-called illegal PR networks
and closed down 55 related websites.
Zgmsgc.net’s (website about Chinese people’s lives)
sponsor, Liu Feiyao, recently told Voice of America
(VOA): “These websites should be established
by folk rights activists and civil journalists, and focus
on rights protection, report issues CCP media won’t,
and other information which reveals the sordid
and negative side. These rights protection websites
aren’t official. CCP took this chance to close them.”
Over 20 websites about rights protection
were among the 55 closed, including
People Discover, Peoples’ Voice, Redian 315,
315 Consumer Complaint, 315 Network,
and 315 Tianya Complaints and Denunciation.
Reporters tried to enter those closed websites,
among which Redian 315’s home page said
“Focus on hot issues, listen to people’s voice.”
Its last update was in December 2010.
Peoples’ Voice homepage shows
that its last update was in August 2010.
Liu Feiyao said his site, zgmsgc.net, was blocked
less than a month after its establishment because
it was “a hostile website.” As its server is overseas,
the website could not be completely blocked,
but it is still hard for Chinese netizens to see.
A netizen “Weiqi Leak” commented that: “Anything
done by authorities can change its nature.
In the name of anti-pornography,
cracking down on evil forces or closing illegal websites,
authorities are actually suppressing freedom of speech,
media, and the voice of democratic rights activists.”
VOA cited information from related ministries that
these 55 websites “have so-called ‘rights protection
networks’,’message-deleting companies’ claiming
to help delete negative messages,
‘navy networks’ and ‘voting companies’
which recruit and advocate ‘online navy’, a ‘vote agent’,
and an ‘Internet helper’ which do ‘online hype’.”
This May, Agency France Press (AFP) reported
that 500 million Chinese people use the Internet,
which is becoming an important forum and channel
for the world’s most populous country.
CCP has noticed this trend and
authorities pay close attention to public opinion,
though they set strict rules about what is allowed online.
US senator Charles Schumer recently visited China.
During the 4th Annual Internet Week Conference
in New York on June 6, Schumer said,
“Chinese leaders saw things happening in Tunisia
and Egypt, so they are afraid of the Internet.
They claim to have “closed” the Internet,
but I haven’t figured out how, since people
who circumvent the block could still access it.
The nature of the Internet is freedom.
People will always circumvent the block.”
NTD reporters Lin Huixin and Wang Mingyu
