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China Has Shut Down 13,000 Websites Since 2015: Xinhua

By AFP on December 29, 2017

 

China has shut down or revoked the licenses of 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating the country’s internet rules, state media reported Sunday.

 

The news comes as the Communist country continues to strengthen its already tight regulation of the internet, a move which critics say has picked up pace since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. 

 

Platforms have also closed nearly 10 million internet accounts for “violating service protocol”, the official news agency said Sunday, likely referring to social media accounts.

 

“These moves have a powerful deterrent effect,” Xinhua quoted Wang Shengjun, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), as saying.

 

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