China restricts online news sites from sourcing stories on social media
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/china-social-media-news-source-ban/
The latest crackdown on Internet media comes just days after
Xu Lin, formerly the deputy head of the Cyberspace
Administration of China, replaced his boss, Lu Wei, as the
guardian of China's online world. The SCMP notes: "Xu is
regarded as one of President Xi Jinping's key supporters," and
this move is seen as a further tightening of Xi's grip on
cyberspace. Back in February, Ars reported on new regulations
that made it much harder for Western media to operate in
China. Before that, wide-ranging powers were introduced in
2015 to increase the authorities' control over the Internet in
the country.
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