Chinese Internet police have engaged in a new wave of suppression of online discussions about the Chinese stock market.
A total of 373 social media accounts were shut down in its recent investigation of social media, for forwarding posts that the Internet regulator deemed “rumors and rumor-mongering,” according to a statement by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on July 15.
Cyberspace Cleaning
The latest move was part of Operation Qinglang—meaning “Operation Clear and Bright”—where the CAC began a “rectification campaign” to target specific social media users in March.
As of May 22, the authorities had penalized around 930,000 social media accounts, and permanently closed almost 67,000 accounts, as The Epoch Times has previously reported….