The Chinese communist regime’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) launched a two-month “purge” on March 12 to strictly control the dissemination of information on China’s internet and to increase the censorship of online citizen journalists. The move has caused uproar online, however. A popular Chinese social media influencer also fell victim to the newly tightened censorship rules on March 15.
In its “Notice on Carrying out the Special Action of ‘Purging and Rectifying Citizen Journalism Chaos,’” the CAC announced that it will strengthen the control and management of the “whole process and whole chain” of online information.
The notice said the cyberspace administration would devote funding to strengthen the online supervision of so-called citizen journalism. It would also focus on policing “social-networking, short-video, webcasting, and other types of online platforms,” and “resolutely crack down on and strictly punish violators.”…