Internet News Information Service Management Rules

(Opinion-seeking Revision Draft)

Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1: In order to standardize Internet news information service activities, stimulate the healthy and orderly development of Internet news information services, protect the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, safeguard national security and the public interests, on the basis of the “National People’s Congress Standing Committee Decision concerning Strengthening the Protection of Online Information” and the “Internet Information Service Management Rules” and other such laws and administrative regulations, these Rules are formulated.

Article 2: These Rules apply to the conduct of Internet news information services within the borders of the People’s Republic of China.

Internet news information as mentioned in these Rules, refers to current affairs-type news information, including reporting and commenting on politics, economics, military affairs, foreign affairs and other such social and public matters, as well as reporting and commenting on relevant sudden social incidents.

Article 3: The conduct of Internet news information services shall abide by the provisions of the Constitution, laws and administrative regulations, persist in the orientation of serving the people and serving Socialism, persist in the correct public opinion orientation, uphold the Socialist core value view, and safeguard the national interest and the public interest.

Article 4: The Cyberspace Administration of China is responsible for Internet news information service supervision and management work nationwide. All local Internet information offices are responsible for the Internet news information service supervision and management work within their own administrative areas.

Article 5: Internet news information service sector organizations shall establish and complete sectoral self-discipline structures, guide Internet news information service providers to establish and complete service norms, urge Internet news information service providers to provide services and accept social supervision according to the law, and raise the professional cultivation of Internet news information service employees.

Chapter II: Licensing

Article 6: An Internet news information service licence shall be obtained for the provision of news information gathering, editing, publication and dissemination services to society through Internet sites, application software, forums, blogs, microblogs, instant messaging tools and search engines, as well as other applications having news, public opinion or social mobilization functions.

Management rules for Internet news information service providers setting up local channels will be formulated separately by the Cyberspace Administration.

Article 7: Those applying to provide Internet news information services shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The main responsible persons and editor-in-chief are Chinese citizens;

(2) having complete service plans;

(3) having complete information security management structures and technological protection measures;

(4) having full-time news editing personnel, news certification personnel and technological protection personnel suited to the service;

(5) having the premises, equipment and funds suited to the service.

Those applying to provide Internet news information gathering, editing and dissemination services shall be news work units, or their holding party or controlling work unit shall be a news or propaganda work unit.

Those applying to provide Internet news information reprinting or dissemination platform services shall be legal persons who have been lawfully established for over two years and engage in Internet information services, and have not been subject to administrative punishment due to violation of Internet information service management regulations in the last year.

Article 8: Those obtaining permission to provide Internet news information gathering, editing and publication services may launch Internet news information reprinting services.

Article 9: Those applying to provide Internet news information services, apart from meeting the conditions provided in Article 7 of these Rules, shall also conform to State demands concerning the structure and composition of the Internet news information service sector’s development.

Article 10: No organization may establish Sino-foreign joint venture enterprises, Sino-foreign collaborative enterprises, or foreign-invested enterprises to engage in Internet news information services.

Internet news information service providers that collaborate with foreign investors to conduct Internet news information service business cooperation shall report the matter to the Cyberspace Administration for security assessment.

Article 11: Where application subjects that apply to conduct Internet news information services are Central news and propaganda work units, or their controlling work unit or holding party is a Central news and propaganda work unit, the Cyberspace Administration accepts, examines and approves the matter; where application subjects are local news and propaganda work units, or their controlling work unit or holding party is a local news and propaganda work unit, the provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information office accepts, examines and approves the matter; where the application subject is another work unit, after preliminary examination by the local provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information office, the Cyberspace Administration examines and approves the matter.

Article 12: Those applying for an Internet news information service license shall submit the following application materials:

(1) a letter of request for an Internet news information service licence;

(2) a description of the application (including service premises, facilities, shareholding structures and financial statements);

(3) service plans (including service categories, service methods, business forms, the scope of the service etc.);

(4) proof that the main responsible persons and the editor-in-chief are Chinese citizens;

(5) the situation concerning full-time newsgathering and editing personnel, news examination and verification personnel and technological protection personnel;

(6) the information security management structure and technological protection measures;

(7) assessment reports issued by information technology security evaluation bodies;

(8) the basic situation of access providers and access service agreements;

(9) a letter of commitment to strictly abide by the relevant responsibilities and duties outlined in these Rules.

Those applying for an Internet news information gathering, editing and publishing service licence shall also submit proof that their sponsoring, controlling or holding party is a news and propaganda work unit as well as an opinion from that news and propaganda work unit; those applying to provide Internet news information reprinting or dissemination platform services shall also submit an indication that they have not been subject to administrative punishment for violating Internet information service management regulations within the previous year, and have engaged in Internet information service activities in the previous two years.

Article 13: The Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall examine the application materials submitted by the applicant. Where the application matters fall within their scope of competence and the application materials are complete and conform with the statutory form, the Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall accept the matter within five working days after receipt of the application materials.

Article 14: The Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall make a decision within twenty working days after receipt of the application.

Where the local provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information office conducts a preliminary examination of the application, provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall issue a preliminary opinion within five working days after receipt of the application and report it to the Cyberspace Administration. The Cyberspace Administration shall make a decision within twenty working days after receipt of the application.

Where the Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices do not make a decision within twenty working days, with the approval of the responsible person of that body, an extension of ten working days may be granted.

Article 15: Provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall regularly report the situation concerning licensing acceptance and decisions to the Cyberspace Administration.

The Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall, according to the law, publish the Internet news information service licensing situation to society.

Chapter III: Operations

Article 16: Internet news information service providers shall clearly indicate their licence number.

Article 17: Internet news information service providers shall establish an editor-in-chief responsibility system, install an editor-in-chief, the editor-in-chief has overall responsibility for Internet news information content.

Article 18: Internet news information service providers shall establish and complete structures for information dissemination examination and verification, real-time public information inspection, emergency response and handling and other such information security management structures, and shall adopt security protection measures.

Article 19: Where Internet news information service providers provide news information dissemination platform services, they shall conclude agreements with the registered account users of their platforms, clearly stipulating the rights and obligations of both sides.

Where platform users engage in the provision of news information services to the public and set up public accounts, Internet news information service providers shall examine and verify the matter, and file it in a categorized manner with the provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information office.

Article 20: Internet news information service providers shall establish structures for public complaints and reports, to accept complaints and reports. Internet news information service providers shall timely deal with complaints and reports from citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and provide feedback on the results.

Where citizens, legal persons or other organizations discover that the information provided by Internet news information service providers contains content violating the provisions of Article 3 and Article 24 Paragraph I of these Rules, they may file a complaint or report with the Internet news information service provider, the corresponding sectoral organization as well as all levels’ Internet information offices.

Article 21: Internet news information service providers shall establish employee training and assessment structures.

Internet news information service employees shall participate in training and assessment organized by the Cyberspace Administration or organized by provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices on its behalf.

Article 22: Where Internet news information service providers reprint Internet news information, they shall reprint news information published by Central news work units or provincial, autonomous region or municipal directly subordinate news work units as well as work units determined by the Cyberspace Administration.

Where Internet news information service providers reprint news information, it shall be complete and accurate, they may not distort or alter the meaning of headlines and the content of the news information, they shall indicate the source, the original writer, the original title and the real name of the editor in a clear position, and ensure that the source of news information can be traced.

Article 23: Where Internet news information service providers provide Internet news information dissemination platform services to users, they shall demand that users provide real identity information according to the “National People’s Standing Committee Decision concerning Strengthening the Protection of Online Information”, users shall cooperate in this.

Internet news information service providers collecting user identity information shall indicate the collection rules and retention period in advance; user information outside of the provisions of the previous clause may only be collected with the agreement of the user.

Article 24: Internet news information service providers and users may not produce, reproduce, disseminate or reprint information with content as provided in Article 15 of the “Internet Information Service Management Rules”.

Internet news information service providers shall indicate that users may not violate the provisions of the previous clause at the time of providing the service.

Article 25: Where Internet news information service providers, in the process of providing services, discover Internet news information with content violating the provisions of Article 3 or Article 24 Paragraph I of these Rules, they shall adopt measures including deletion, according to the “National People’s Standing Committee Decision concerning Strengthening the Protection of Online Information”, preserve relevant record, and immediately report the matter to the Cyberspace Administration or local Internet information offices.

Article 26: Where all levels’ Internet information offices accept reports concerning Internet news information content violating the provisions of Article 3 or Article 24 Paragraph I of these Rules, they shall notify the Internet news information service provider so the latter can deal with it.

Internet news information service providers shall, after receiving notification, immediately adopt deletion and other such measures, preserve relevant records, and provide them when relevant State departments inquire into them according to the law. All levels’ Internet information offices shall, according to the “National People’s Congress Standing Committee Decision concerning Strengthening the Protection of Online Information”, adopt technological measures and other necessary measures to prevent and curb the dissemination of Internet news information violating the provisions of Article 3 and Article 24 Paragraph I of these Rules.

Article 27: Internet news information service providers shall record the Internet news information disseminated or reprinted by the service provider or its users, and preserve these records for 60 days. Internet news information service providers shall record daily information, and preserve these records for 60 days.

Internet news information service providers shall preserve the information referred to in the previous Paragraph within the borders, and provide them when relevant State departments inquire into them according to the law.

Article 28: All levels’ Internet information offices and their personnel have a duty to maintain the secrecy of user identity information and daily information that they encounter in the process of exercising their duties, they may not leak, alter or illegally damage it, and may not sell or illegally provide it to other persons.

Article 29: Internet news information service providers and users may not produce, publish or disseminate information enabling the identification of other persons or affecting the privacy of other persons, except where laws or administrative regulations provide otherwise, or with the agreement of the party concerned.

Article 30: Internet news information service employees engaging in newsgathering activities shall hold a uniform State-issued journalist card.

Internet news information service providers’ newsgathering and editing activities shall be separated from their commercial activities. Newsgathering and editing departments and their personnel may not engage in advertising and other such commercial activities.

Internet news information service providers and their employees may not seek improper gain through gathering, disseminating, reprinting or deleting news information, interfering with search results, interfering with presentation sequences on dissemination platforms and other such methods.

Article 31: Where Internet news information service providers change their main responsible persons, editor-in-chief, business premises, URL, website name, access provider and other such matters, or engage in mergers or separations, they shall apply to conduct modification procedures with the original licence-issuing body.

Article 32: Where Internet news information service providers terminate services, they shall conduct cancellation formalities with the original licence-issuing body within twenty working days of the termination of service.

Chapter IV: Supervision and inspection

Article 33: All levels’ Internet information offices shall establish supervision and management structures that integrate daily supervision and inspection and regular inspections, and strengthen supervision and inspection of Internet news information service activities.

Article 34: All levels’ Internet information offices may, when conducting supervision and inspection of Internet news information service activities, require Internet news information service providers to provide corresponding materials, enter into Internet news information service providers’ business and service premises for inspections, investigations and evidence-gathering, Internet news information service providers shall cooperate in this.

Article 35: All levels’ Internet information offices shall perfect law enforcement team structures, establish and complete law enforcement personnel credential management systems, and provide training and assessment for law enforcement personnel.

All levels’ Internet information offices shall, when conducting inspection, investigation and evidence gathering concerning Internet news information services, as well as conducting other law enforcement activities, ensure two or more law enforcement personnel participate, law enforcement personnel shall actively display their law enforcement badge, and record the relevant law enforcement circumstances.

Article 36: The Cyberspace Administration and provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices shall establish Internet news information service online credit files and a trust-breaking blacklist system, to conduct credit evaluation of Internet news information service providers and record their credit rank, Internet news information service providers where grave issues of trust-breaking exist will be listed on the blacklist. Internet news information service online credit files shall be open to society.

Article 37: Where all levels’ Internet information offices discover that Internet news information service providers have not timely set up measures to deal with unlawful information or implement supervision and management, they may arrange a talk with the main responsible persons, legal representative and editor-in-chief.

[These] talks are entered into the Internet news information service provider’s online news information service credit file.

Article 38: Internet news information service providers shall establish convenient, 24 hours reporting channels, and allocate full-time personnel suited to the scale of the service, to accept and deal with reports from the public concerning unlawful or harmful content present in that work unit’s Internet news information services, and notify the reporting channels and reporting methods in a clear manner.

Where any organization or individual discovers Internet news information service providers commit acts violating these Rules, they may report the matter with all levels’ Internet information offices. All levels’ Internet information offices shall publish report acceptance methods to society, and deal with reported matters according to the law.

Chapter V: Legal liability

Article 39: Where all levels’ Internet information offices and their employees violate these Rules, commit dereliction of duty, abuse their powers, engage in favouritism or use their position to demand or accept other persons’ assets, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible persons will be punished according to the law; where the matter constitutes a crime, criminal liability will be prosecuted according to the law.

Article 40: Where, in violation of Article 6 of these Rules, Internet news information service activities are launched without a licence, the Cyberspace Administration and local Internet information offices, according to their duties, order cessation of the relevant service activities, and may additionally impose a fine between 10.000 and 30.000 Yuan.

Article 41: Where Internet news information service providers, in violation of Chapter II of these Rules, obtain an Internet news information service license through fraudulence, bribery and other such improper means, the Cyberspace Administration and local Internet information offices, according to their duties, cancel the licence; where the matter constitutes a crime, criminal liability will be prosecuted according to the law.

Article 42: Where Internet news information service providers no longer conform to licensing conditions in the course of operations, the Cyberspace Administration or provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices, on the basis of their duties, order rectification within a limited time; where licensing conditions are still not met at the expiry of the time limit, the Cyberspace Administration and local Internet information offices, according to their duties, cancel the licence.

Article 43: Where Internet news information service providers violate the provisions of Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, Article 20 Paragraph I, Article 21, Article 22, Article 23, Article 24 Paragraph II, Article 27, Article 30, Article 31 or Article 32 of these Rules, the Cyberspace Administration or local Internet information, according to their duties, issue a warning and order rectification within a limited time, they may also impose an additional fine between 5000 and 30.000 Yuan; where the matter constitutes a crime, criminal liability will be prosecuted according to the law.

Article 44; Where Internet news information service providers violate Article 29 of these Rules, the Cyberspace Administration of local internet information offices, according to their duties, issue a warning and order rectification within a limited time, they may also impose an additional fine between 10.000 and 30.000 Yuan; where the matter constitutes a crime, criminal liability will be prosecuted according to the law.

Article 45: Where Internet news information service providers violate the provisions of Article 24 Paragraph I, Article 25 or Article 26 paragraph II of these Rules, the Cyberspace Administration or local Internet information offices, according to their duties, issue a warning and order rectification within a limited time; where circumstances are grave, news information updates are suspended, and a fine between 20.000 and 30.000 Yuan imposed additionally; where the matter constitutes a crime, criminal liability will be prosecuted according to the law.

Article 46: Where Internet news information service providers refuse not obey concrete administrative acts issued by the Cyberspace Administration or local Internet information offices according to regulations, they may apply for administrative redress or file an administrative lawsuit according to the law.\

Chapter VI: Supplementary provisions

Article 47: News and propaganda work unit as mentioned in these Rules, refers to news work units and news and propaganda controlling departments.

Where news work units establish Internet news information service work units in collaboration with non-news work units and the share of the news work unit is no less than 51%, it shall be considered as a news work unit establishing an Internet news information service work unit; where it is less than 51%, it shall be considered as a non-news work unit establishing an Internet news information service work unit.

Article 48: Those engaged in Internet news information services before the promulgation of these Rules, shall conduct relevant remedial formalities within sixty working days after the promulgation of these Rules.

Article 49: Provincial, autonomous region or municipal Internet information offices may, on the basis of these Rules, provide concrete roles for Internet news information service management within their administrative areas.

Article 50: These Rules take effect on (day, month) 22016. Where these Rules are inconsistent with relevant rules promulgated before these Rules, these Rules apply.

 

互联网新闻信息服务管理规定

（修订征求意见稿）

第一章 总 则

第一条 为了规范互联网新闻信息服务活动，促进互联网新闻信息服务健康有序发展，保护公民、法人和其他组织的合法权益，维护国家安全和公共利益，根据《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于加强网络信息保护的决定》、《互联网信息服务管理办法》等法律、行政法规，制定本规定。

第二条 在中华人民共和国境内从事互联网新闻信息服务，适用本规定。

本规定所称互联网新闻信息，是指时政类新闻信息，包括有关政治、经济、军事、外交等社会公共事务的报道、评论，以及有关社会突发事件的报道、评论。

第三条 从事互联网新闻信息服务，应当遵守宪法、法律和行政法规，坚持为人民服务、为社会主义服务的方向，坚持正确舆论导向，坚持社会主义核心价值观，维护国家利益和公共利益。

第四条 国家互联网信息办公室负责全国互联网新闻信息服务的监督管理工作。各地方互联网信息办公室负责本行政区域内互联网新闻信息服务的监督管理工作。

第五条 互联网新闻信息服务行业组织应当建立健全行业自律制度，指导互联网新闻信息服务提供者建立健全服务规范，督促互联网新闻信息服务提供者依法提供服务、接受社会监督，提高互联网新闻信息服务从业人员的职业素养。

第二章 许可

第六条 通过互联网站、应用程序、论坛、博客、微博客、即时通信工具、搜索引擎以及其他具有新闻舆论或社会动员功能的应用向社会公众提供新闻信息采编发布、转载服务，以及提供新闻信息发布平台服务，应当取得互联网新闻信息服务许可。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者开设地方频道的管理办法，由国家互联网信息办公室另行制定。

第七条 申请提供互联网新闻信息服务，应当具备下列条件：

（一）主要负责人、总编辑是中国公民；

（二）有完备的服务方案；

（三）有健全的信息安全管理制度和技术保障措施；

（四）有与服务相适应的专职新闻编辑人员、新闻审核人员和技术保障人员；

（五）有与服务相适应的场所、设施和资金。

申请提供互联网新闻信息采编发布服务的，应当是新闻单位，或者其控股方、主管单位是新闻宣传单位。

申请提供互联网新闻信息转载或者发布平台服务的，应当是依法设立二年以上的从事互联网信息服务的法人，并在最近一年内没有因违反互联网信息服务管理规定受到行政处罚。

第八条 获准提供互联网新闻信息采编发布服务的，可以开展互联网新闻信息转载服务。

第九条 申请提供互联网新闻信息服务，除应当具备本规定第七条规定的条件外，还应当符合国家关于互联网新闻信息服务行业发展的结构、布局等要求。

第十条 任何组织不得设立中外合资经营企业、中外合作经营企业、外资企业从事互联网新闻信息服务。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者与外国投资者进行互联网新闻信息服务业务合作，应当报国家互联网信息办公室进行安全评估。

第十一条 申请从事互联网新闻信息服务，申请主体为中央新闻宣传单位，或者主管单位、控股方为中央新闻宣传单位的，由国家互联网信息办公室受理和审批；申请主体为地方新闻宣传单位，或者主管单位、控股方为地方新闻宣传单位的，由省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室受理和审批；申请主体为其他单位的，经所在地省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室初审后，由国家互联网信息办公室审批。

第十二条 申请互联网新闻信息服务许可的，应当提交下列申请材料：

（一）互联网新闻信息服务许可申请书；

（二）申请者概况（包括服务场所、设施、股权结构和资金情况等）；

（三）服务方案（包括服务项目、服务方式、业务形式、服务范围等）；

（四）主要负责人、总编辑为中国公民的证明；

（五）专职新闻编辑人员、新闻审核人员和技术保障人员情况；

（六）信息安全管理制度和技术保障措施；

（七）信息技术安全评估机构出具的评估报告；

（八）接入服务提供者基本情况和接入服务协议；

（九）严格履行本规定相关责任义务的承诺书

申请互联网新闻信息采编发布服务许可的，还应当提交主办、主管或者控股方为新闻宣传单位的证明及该新闻宣传单位的意见；申请提供互联网新闻信息转载或者发布平台服务的，还应当提交最近一年内没有因违反互联网信息服务管理规定受到行政处罚和最近二年内从事互联网信息服务活动情况的说明。

第十三条 国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当对申请人提交的申请材料进行审查。申请事项属于本机关职权范围，申请材料齐全、符合法定形式的，国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应自收到申请材料之日起五个工作日内予以受理。

第十四条 国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当自受理申请之日起二十个工作日内作出决定。

由所在地省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室初审许可申请的，省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当自受理申请之日起五个工作日内提出初审意见，报国家互联网信息办公室。国家互联网信息办公室应当自省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室受理申请之日起二十个工作日内作出决定。

国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室二十个工作日内不能作出决定的，经本机关负责人批准，可以延长十个工作日。

第十五条 省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当定期向国家互联网信息办公室报告许可受理和决定情况。

国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当依法向社会公开互联网新闻信息服务许可情况。

第三章 运 行

第十六条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当明示许可证编号。

第十七条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当建立总编辑负责制，设立总编辑，总编辑对互联网新闻信息内容负总责。

第十八条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当建立健全信息发布审核、公共信息实时巡查、应急处置等信息安全管理制度，采取安全防范措施。

第十九条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者提供新闻信息发布平台服务的，应当与在其平台上注册账号的使用者签订协议，明确双方权利义务。

平台使用者为从事向公众提供新闻信息服务活动开设公众账号的，互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当予以审核，并向当地省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室分类备案。

第二十条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当建立公众投诉、举报制度，接受投诉、举报。互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当及时处理公民、法人和其他组织的投诉、举报，并反馈处置结果。

公民、法人和其他组织发现互联网新闻信息服务提供者提供的信息含有违反本规定第三条、第二十四条第一款规定内容的，可以向互联网新闻信息服务提供者、相关行业组织和各级互联网信息办公室投诉、举报。

第二十一条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当建立从业人员培训、考核制度。

互联网新闻信息服务从业人员应当参加国家互联网信息办公室组织开展或者委托省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室开展的培训、考核。

第二十二条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者转载互联网新闻信息的，应当转载中央新闻单位或者省、自治区、直辖市直属新闻单位以及国家互联网信息办公室确定的单位发布的新闻信息。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者转载新闻信息，应当完整、准确，不得歪曲、篡改标题原意和新闻信息内容，在显著位置注明来源、原作者、原标题、编辑真实姓名，并保证新闻信息来源可追溯。

第二十三条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者为用户提供互联网新闻信息发布平台服务，应当按照《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于加强网络信息保护的决定》，要求用户提供真实身份信息，用户应当予以配合。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者收集用户身份信息，应当事先明示收集规则、留存期限；收集前款规定以外的用户信息的，应经用户同意。

第二十四条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者、用户不得制作、复制、发布、传播含有《互联网信息服务管理办法》第十五条规定的内容的信息。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者在提供服务时应当明示用户不得违反前款规定。

第二十五条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者提供服务过程中发现含有违反本规定第三条、第二十四条第一款规定内容的互联网新闻信息的，应当按照《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于加强网络信息保护的决定》,采取消除等处置措施，保存有关记录，并立即向国家互联网信息办公室或者地方互联网信息办公室报告。

第二十六条 各级互联网信息办公室接到关于互联网新闻信息含有违反本规定第三条、第二十四条第一款规定的内容的举报的，应当通知互联网新闻信息服务提供者予以处理。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者收到通知后应当立即采取消除等措施，保存有关记录，并在国家有关部门依法查询时予以提供。各级互联网信息办公室应当按照《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于加强网络信息保护的决定》,采取技术措施和其他必要措施，防范、制止含有违反本规定第三条、第二十四条第一款规定的互联网新闻信息的传播。

第二十七条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当记录本服务提供者及其用户所发布、转载的互联网新闻信息，并保存60日。互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当记录日志信息，并保存60日。

对于前款保存的信息，互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当留存境内，并在国家有关部门依法查询时予以提供。

第二十八条 各级互联网信息办公室及其工作人员对在履行职责中知悉的用户身份信息和日志信息，负有保密的义务，不得泄露、篡改、非法毁损，不得出售或者非法向他人提供。

第二十九条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者、用户不得制作、发布、传播能够识别他人身份和涉及他人隐私的信息，但法律、行政法规另有规定或者当事人同意公开的除外。

第三十条 互联网新闻信息服务从业人员从事新闻采访活动，应当持有国家统一颁发的新闻记者证。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者采编业务和经营业务应当分开。新闻采编业务部门及其工作人员不得从事广告等经营性活动。

互联网新闻信息服务提供者及其从业人员，不得通过采编、发布、转载、删除新闻信息，干预搜索结果，干预发布平台呈现结果等手段谋取不正当利益。

第三十一条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者变更主要负责人、总编辑、服务场所、互联网地址、网站名称、接入服务提供者等事项，或者进行合并或者分立的，应当向原许可机关申请办理变更手续。

第三十二条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者终止服务的，应当自终止服务之日起二十个工作日内向原许可机关办理注销手续。

第四章 监督检查

第三十三条 各级互联网信息办公室应当建立日常监督检查和定期检查相结合的监督管理制度，加强对互联网新闻信息服务活动的监督检查。

第三十四条 各级互联网信息办公室对互联网新闻信息服务活动实施监督检查，可以要求互联网新闻信息服务提供者提供相关资料，进入互联网新闻信息服务提供者经营服务场所检查、调查、取证，互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当配合。

第三十五条 各级互联网信息办公室应当完善执法队伍体系，建立健全执法人员资格管理制度，对执法人员进行培训考核。

各级互联网信息办公室对互联网新闻信息服务活动进行检查、调查、取证，以及开展其他执法活动，应当由两名以上执法人员参加，执法人员应当主动出示执法证件，记录相关执法活动情况。

第三十六条 国家和省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室应当建立互联网新闻信息服务网络信用档案和失信黑名单制度，对互联网新闻信息服务提供者进行信用评估，记录信用等级，将存在严重失信行为的互联网新闻信息服务提供者列入黑名单。互联网新闻信息服务网络信用档案应当向社会公开。

第三十七条 各级互联网信息办公室发现互联网新闻信息服务提供者未及时处置违法信息、落实监管措施的，可以对其主要负责人、法定代表人、总编辑进行约谈。

约谈情况纳入互联网新闻信息服务提供者网络新闻信息服务网络信用档案。

第三十八条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者应当建立便捷的24小时举报渠道、配备与服务规模相适应的专职人员，依法受理并处置公众对本单位互联网新闻信息服务活动中违法和不良信息的举报，并通过显著方式告知举报途径和举报方式。

任何组织和个人发现互联网新闻信息服务提供者有违反本规定行为的，可以向各级互联网信息办公室举报。各级互联网信息办公室应当向社会公开举报受理方式，并依法处理举报事项。

第五章 法律责任

第三十九条 各级互联网信息办公室及其工作人员违反本规定，玩忽职守、滥用职权、徇私舞弊或者利用职务上的便利索取、收受他人财物的，对直接负责的主管人员和其他直接责任人员依法给予处分；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第四十条 违反本规定第六条规定内容，未经许可开展互联网新闻信息服务活动的，由国家和地方互联网信息办公室互联网信息办公室依据职责责令停止相关服务活动，可并处一万元以上三万元以下罚款。

第四十一条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者违反本规定第二章规定，以欺骗或者贿赂等不正当手段取得互联网新闻信息服务许可的，由国家和地方互联网信息办公室互联网信息办公室依据职责撤销许可；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第四十二条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者运行过程中不再符合许可条件的，由国家或者省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室依据职责责令限期改正；逾期仍不符合许可条件的，由国家互联网信息办公室和地方互联网信息办公室互联网信息办公室依据职责撤销许可。

第四十三条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者违反本规定第十六条、第十七条、第十八条、第二十条第一款、第二十一条、第二十二条、第二十三条、第二十四条第二款、第二十七条、第三十条、第三十一条、第三十二条规定的，由国家和地方互联网信息办公室依据职责给予警告，责令限期改正，可并处五千元以上三万元以下罚款；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第四十四条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者违反本规定第二十九条规定的，由国家和地方互联网信息办公室依据职责给予警告，责令限期改正，可并处一万元以上三万元以下罚款；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第四十五条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者违反本规定第二十四条第一款、第二十五条、第二十六条第二款规定的，由国家和地方互联网信息办公室依据职责给予警告，责令限期改正；情节严重的，暂停新闻信息更新，处两万元以上三万元以下罚款；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第四十六条 互联网新闻信息服务提供者对国家和地方互联网信息办公室依据本规定作出的具体行政行为不服的，可以依法申请行政复议或者提起行政诉讼。

第六章 附 则

第四十七条 本规定所称新闻宣传单位，是指新闻单位和新闻宣传主管部门。

新闻单位与非新闻单位合作设立互联网新闻信息服务单位，新闻单位拥有的股权不低于51%的，视为新闻单位设立互联网新闻信息服务单位；低于51%的，视为非新闻单位设立互联网新闻信息服务单位。

第四十八条 在本规定公布前从事互联网新闻信息服务的，应当自本规定公布之日起六十个工作日内依照本规定补办有关手续。

第四十九条 省、自治区、直辖市互联网信息办公室可以根据本规定制定本行政区域内互联网新闻信息服务管理的具体办法。

第五十条 本规定自2016年 月 日起施行。本规定施行之前颁布的有关规定与本规定不一致的，按照本规定执行。