Beijing Network Industry Association is not a qualified entity to raise a government takedown request about gov-takedowns

[site-policy-bot]

Thank you for writing in.

We processed this as a government takedown based on information that the BNIA’s mission is to “assist government administration agencies for Internet security[, and] promote and supervise the implementation of relevant laws and regulations on Internet security issued by the national and functional government administrative agencies.”

[WV4N]

@site-policy-bot Thanks for the confirming.

How do you recognize a social organization as a government agency according to its self-alleged "mission", despite facts listed at the beginning of the post?

If it is the proper criteria, I am going to send a government takedown request asking you to shutdown GitHub completely according to "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China" since GitHub is contributing to the development of anti-censorship software, with my mission be "supervising government administration agencies and the enforcement of laws”. Will GitHub accept such a request?

I think the point of "come from a relevant, official government agency" is that people could see where every government takedown request is originated and by which government department/agency it is endorsed. Without clear criteria, the government can even deny the existence of such requests at any time, claiming those requests are not raised by the government in any way.

[kthy]

I can want to assist the government any way they want - that still doesn't make me a government agency.

[site-policy-bot]

thanks @WV4N, confirming @site-policy-bot is a GitHub-owned account.

[WV4N]

To subscribers and onlookers:

Please report @site-policy-bot to GitHub as a potential counterfeit account so that to ask for confirming its identity.

Thanks.

[WV4N]

Two months passed. Still no official response - GitHub neither confirms nor denies the identity of @site-policy-bot, which is registered just following the issue, even though many (or at least @WV4N) have reported that to GitHub.

Somewhat ironically, just on Feb 25th, roughly 1 month after the issue, GitHub published 2020 Transparency Report where "being transparent about content removal policies" is emphasized.

I especially appreciate the quality services provided by GitHub over the past years. Also, I hope communities and projects on GitHub keep prospering.

Is transparency, as is claimed in the transparency reports of the past seven years, still there?

[UjuiUjuMandan]

GitHub is a shit.

[WeirdAlex03]

To subscribers and onlookers:

Please report @site-policy-bot to GitHub as a potential counterfeit account so that to ask for confirming its identity.

Thanks.

The account was created that day and the pfp is that of @hubot, the actual bot running the repo. I doubt this account is official, just an impersonation

[lvzx123]

@site-policy-bot Thanks for the confirming.

How do you recognize a social organization as a government agency according to its self-alleged "mission", despite facts listed at the beginning of the post?

If it is the proper criteria, I am going to send a government takedown request asking you to shutdown GitHub completely according to "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China" since GitHub is contributing to the development of anti-censorship software, with my mission be "supervising government administration agencies and the enforcement of laws”. Will GitHub accept such a request?

I think the point of "come from a relevant, official government agency" is that people could see where every government takedown request is originated and by which government department/agency it is endorsed. Without clear criteria, the government can even deny the existence of such requests at any time, claiming those requests are not raised by the government in any way.

Btw, the "our mission" page has been disappear ed (http 404)😅
Anyway, a single claim - exactly from the unconfirmed org itself - to be admitted, is ridiculous.