Guo Jinlong (C), Beijing Communist Party Secretary talks at 1st IOC Meeting about the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Beijing, China, 10th October 2016. REUTERS/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympics Committee is confident China will guarantee uncensored internet when it hosts the 2022 Winter Games, a senior IOC official said on Wednesday, though China has given no details about how its pledge will work.
China keeps a tight rein on the internet. The government has warned that social media, particularly foreign services, could be a destabilising force for Chinese society and even jeopardise security.
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