China’s New Internet Censorship Rules Outline Direction For Content

Chinese authorities have approved a new set of comprehensive regulations that expand the scope of online censorship, emphasize the war against “negative” content and make platforms more liable for …

Chinese authorities have approved a new set of comprehensive regulations that expand the scope of online

The new regulations target content producers, platforms and Internet users, describing what kind of content should be banned as illegal, restricted for being “negative,” or actively promoted.The law begins by laying out what kind of content is in fact encouraged. The top three out of seven listed criteria are ideological.

The document lays out what constitutes illegal content in sweeping terms. Content that “undermines ethnic unity” or “undermines the nation’s policy on religions” is forbidden, as is anything that “disseminates rumors that disrupt economic or social order” or generally “harms the nation’s honor and interests,” among other rules.

The new regulations then go on to dictate that content producers must “employ measures to prevent and resist the making, reproduction or publication of negative information.

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