China cracks down on news provided by social media

Published July 4, 2016 2:08pm ET



China is cracking down on news that appears on social media, banning news outlets from creating stories out of information they find on websites like Facebook.

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The country’s official Internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, made the announcement Sunday evening, saying that traditional news outlets were no longer allowed to use what it called “hearsay” online.

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