Google censorship in China: authorities to correct public opinion
After the internet company Google announced its withdrawal from China last week, the Chinese authorities are now setting out to control public opinion on the dispute.
Very specific guidelines have already been issued to media companies in China, which stipulate how reporting on this topic should look.
192913 Google stops self-censorship in China - authorities continue to censor
All websites should remove text, images, sounds and videos from their content that support Google, decorate it with flowers or ask Google to stay. This is what the online news portal China Digital Times quotes from the leaked media directive. The use of content and information found on the main pages of the central government is not permitted under a new title or in a different context. Furthermore, the country's journalists and media employees are also not allowed to publish any discussion pieces on the topic or conduct further in-depth reports.
According to Pressetext.ch, the Internet Affairs Bureau, which monitors news reporting on the Chinese internet on behalf of the Central Propaganda Department, is the originator of the stricter rules for the media's handling of the Google censorship issue. According to China Digital Times, it addresses all major operators of news websites in the country, which are said to have received the new regulations several times a day. Chinese bloggers and journalists are already comparing the current censorship guidelines with the directives of the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's surveillance novel "1984".
192913 Google stops self-censorship in China - authorities continue to censor
All websites should remove text, images, sounds and videos from their content that support Google, decorate it with flowers or ask Google to stay. This is what the online news portal China Digital Times quotes from the leaked media directive. The use of content and information found on the main pages of the central government is not permitted under a new title or in a different context. Furthermore, the country's journalists and media employees are also not allowed to publish any discussion pieces on the topic or conduct further in-depth reports.
According to Pressetext.ch, the Internet Affairs Bureau, which monitors news reporting on the Chinese internet on behalf of the Central Propaganda Department, is the originator of the stricter rules for the media's handling of the Google censorship issue. According to China Digital Times, it addresses all major operators of news websites in the country, which are said to have received the new regulations several times a day. Chinese bloggers and journalists are already comparing the current censorship guidelines with the directives of the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's surveillance novel "1984".
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