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China confronts Internet rumors and trashy TV
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator
Along with cracking down on what it considers trashy TV --- China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Tuesday that it will limit entertainment and add more news and other programs that "build morality and promote the core values of socialism" -- the government is going after what it calls rumor mongers on the Internet.
The BBC and others reported on the Internet crackdown after the official Chinese news agency Xinhua released a short item on Tuesday, announcing that three people had been detained or arrested for publishing incorrect information, or "spreading rumors online," as Xinhua put it.
One was held in local police custody for 15 days for posting a falsified personal income tax document from the State Administration of Taxation in August; another for posting a fake news item about a sick man who killed eight village leaders in Yunnan. The third was a site editor who was given a warning from his employer for publishing a microblog entry about an air force fighter crash without confirming the source and facts, Xinhua said.
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China confronts Internet rumors and trashy TV
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator
Along with cracking down on what it considers trashy TV --- China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Tuesday that it will limit entertainment and add more news and other programs that "build morality and promote the core values of socialism" -- the government is going after what it calls rumor mongers on the Internet.
The BBC and others reported on the Internet crackdown after the official Chinese news agency Xinhua released a short item on Tuesday, announcing that three people had been detained or arrested for publishing incorrect information, or "spreading rumors online," as Xinhua put it.
One was held in local police custody for 15 days for posting a falsified personal income tax document from the State Administration of Taxation in August; another for posting a fake news item about a sick man who killed eight village leaders in Yunnan. The third was a site editor who was given a warning from his employer for publishing a microblog entry about an air force fighter crash without confirming the source and facts, Xinhua said.
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