China's top internet regulator has launched a monthlong campaign to clean up online content circulating during the Lunar New Year, with one focus on a tougher crackdown on false information, including fictitious COVID policies and epidemic trends.
Cyberspace agency also on lookout for displays of ostentatious wealth
Chinese celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit at the Yu Garden in Shanghai on Jan. 22 as a cyberspace agency cracks down on social media posts of what residents see and hear in their hometowns. © Reuters
China's top internet regulator has launched a monthlong campaign to clean up online content circulating during the Lunar New Year, with one focus on a tougher crackdown on false information, including fictitious COVID policies and epidemic trends.