胡泳 | China calls for crackdown on internet rumours
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/30/china-crackdown-internet-critics China calls for crackdown on ‘toxic' internet rumours Xinhua news agency article is latest state media report warning about danger of harmful information spread via microblogs Tania Branigan in Beijing and Reuters guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 30 August 2011 17.07 BST China 's official news agency has called for a crackdown on the spread of “toxic rumours” on the internet , in the latest sign of the government’s desire to rein in the country’s rumbustious and fast-growing microblogs. “Concocting rumours is itself a social malady, and the spread of rumours across the internet presents a massive social threat,” Xinhua said. It is the latest in a series of state media reports about the dangers of information spread via microblogs. A leading official also warned of the need to “strengthen administration” on a recent visit to Sina, which runs the hugely popular Weibo service, China's domestic rival to Twitter. The firm last week suspended user accounts for spreading rumours.
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