China Bans the Use Of Social Media As a News Source

Mark Wilson, reporting for BetaNews:Continuing its control of the internet, China has announced that news outlets may not use social media as a source of news -- at least not without official approval. The Cyberspace Administration of China says that the move is part of a campaign to prevent the spread of rumors and fake stories, but most people will see it as the government continuing to flex its online muscles. To add weight to its reasoning, the regulator referred to a number of fake news stories that had originated and spread online. It's an interesting new code of conduct, particularly considering the Chinese government floods social media with fake stories of its own.

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Re:Kiss my asd

[Anonymous Coward]

Who needs the department of education any way? Only centralists! Education must be regional. Let's close it.

Re:China is another product of the US

[Gavagai80]

Let's face it, the time to fight China on their human and social behavior has past.

When was that time, exactly? The 19th century? That's the only era I can think of when China was weak enough to manipulate. American attempts to play Taiwan (ROC) against China sure didn't bear much fruit, even when we were using China's UNSC seat as leverage, nor did any form of diplomatic protest from the cultural revolution through Tananmen cause any change at all. In fact the only way the USA did manage to influence China was by stopping the saber rattling and opening up trade to help coax them from communism into capitalism.

The US has no power which seems to have been Obama's goal all along.

Apparently he doesn't care about your notion of "power" as much as about economic success. Growing the largest and most stable economy in the world at a rate faster than the rest of the developed world has more tangible benefits than a dick waving contest.