China’s cybersecurity police announced a new campaign targeting websites and web applications that spread what they called “negative information” on the Internet. The six-month crackdown officially started this month, according to a notice posted on the Cyberspace Administration of China’s website. Li Yi, a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that such campaigns had become a regular occurrence for Internet users in China. Li said that Internet companies in China, especially those providing content, had become relatively “restrained” over the years. “It demonstrates how the party is exercising control and leadership over the everything in China.”During last year’s crackdown, Internet companies fell swiftly into line.

Source: The Star January 04, 2019 07:07 UTC