Lao Dongyan
Lao Dongyan is a prominent law professor at Tsinghua University, known for her expertise in digital law and internet governance. She has been a vocal critic of the national internet ID proposal, likening it to a pervasive surveillance system that monitors individual online behavior, a stance that led to her account being suspended on social media after she publicly opposed the initiative.
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Lao Dongyan criticized the Chinese legal system’s fixation on obscenity, arguing it comes at the cost of women’s rights.
Secret Filming of Women Thrives in China as Officials Silence Activists
United States· 2026-02-02
Lao Dongyan, a criminal law professor at Tsinghua University, wrote on Weibo that Chinese law punished the dissemination of secretly – filmed material as an obscenity offence rather than a violation of women’s rights.
Anger grows in China over reports of online groups sharing explicit photos of women | China
United Kingdom· 2025-08-01
Lao Dongyan, a prominent law professor at Tsinghua University, compared the system to 'installing a surveillance device on every individual’s online activity' in a post on Weibo.
China tightens internet controls with new centralized form of national virtual IDUnited States· 2025-06-21
