On January 1, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Notice (source document in Chinese) on the use of domain names by internet information services took effect. The Notice requires domain name registration authorities and domain name registration service agencies to authenticate the identity information of domain names before providing related services. Internet access providers are also required to authenticate the identity information of internet service providers and domain name registrants before providing services to internet service providers.
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