China ups ante against false online content over Lunar New Year

Cyberspace agency also on lookout for displays of ostentatious wealth

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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

WANG XINTONG, Caixin

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.

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