The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.
State Council Information Office: Promptly remove information regarding “the central authorities establishing an information security leadership group.” Do not republish, comment, or speculate on related content. (January 7, 2014)
国信办：迅速删除有关“中央成立信息安全领导小组”的消息，有关内容不转载不评论不炒作。
Beijing-based independent journalist Gao Yu (Twitter: @gaoyu200812) reports that the CCP Central Committee has formed an “informatization and Internet information security leadership group” [zh], lead by Xi Jinping. Premier Li Keqiang, propaganda head Liu Yunshan, and State Council Information Office Director Lu Wei are all office directors of the new group, whose mission is to tighten Internet controls, according to Gao.
Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.”
CDT has collected the selections we translate here from a variety of sources and has checked them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.
Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. The original publication date on CDT Chinese is noted after the directives; the date given may indicate when the directive was leaked, rather than when it was issued. CDT does its utmost to verify dates and wording, but also takes precautions to protect the source.
