China has banned online media from publishing unverified contents, specially from the social media. Online media basing news reports on contents made on social media must verify them before publication, Chinas Internet regulator said yesterday. From K J M VarmaBeijing, Jul 4 (PTI) China has banned online media from publishing unverified content, especially from the social media, after the countrys internet regulator punished some major websites that fabricated stories this year. In one notorious case, a journalist from the respected Caijing Magazine wrote a story in February based on fabricated online content describing a village in northeast China where villagers do not respect the elderly and women are promiscuous. The CAC has punished some major websites which have fabricated stories this year, including sina.com", ifeng.

Source: India Today July 04, 2016 06:56 UTC