The newly approved censorship measures launched by China’s cybersecurity administration aims to combat a rise in fake news following the recent virus outbreak In a bid to counter the growing volume of fake news and online fraud, China’s cybersecurity administration stepped up the control of online content on March 1st. A new set of regulations took effect warning content creators and their platforms that content that seeks to “hype” news …
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On June 1 2017, China’s new cyber security law came into effect. The new legislation was adopted by the National People’s Congress (NPC) in November 2016 after a year of legislative proceedings. The main objective of this new law is to strengthen central government control over information flows and data security, as well as preventing cyber attacks, computer viruses and other network security violations (such as unauthorised data leakage or …