China tightens controls over search engines and news portals
China is increasing controls over search engines and online news portals, as President Xi Jinping's makes determined efforts to maintain Communist Party controls over the internet. The latest plan stated that it will "strike hard against online rumours, harmful information, fake news, news extortion, fake media and fake reporters", without giving details. It also calls for more effort to be put into promoting China’s point of view and culture globally.
The Communist Party has moved to increasingly limit and guide online discussion. Pictured, visitors to the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing last month. Photo: AP