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July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016
China’s new Cyberspace Administration Chief Xu Lin has banned news agencies from using social media content as a source for developing news stories without his administration’s consent.
The move comes just days after Xu Lin took over as head of the Cyberspace Administration.
Even if the new directive looks like an attempt to tighten the communist country’s grip on news sources, the government explained it using practical reasons.
Xu wants news sites to bear full responsibility for the content they report. News sites aren’t forbidden from using social media as a news source, but they first need to verify the information they report on with more thoroughness than before.
A tweet or a message on Weibo and WeChat won’t be enough to validate a news article.
“No website is allowed to report public news without specifying the sources, or report news that quotes untrue origins,” a circular sent to Chinese news agencies reads, according to SCMP.
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