The new regulations target content producers, platforms and Internet users, describing what kind of content should be banned as illegal, restricted for being 'negative', or actively promoted. — Reuters
LOS ANGELES: Chinese authorities have approved a new set of comprehensive regulations that expand the scope of online censorship, emphasise the war against "negative" content and make platforms more liable for content violations.
While China previously had numerous, separate regulations floating about for everything from live-streaming to news media to chat groups, the new "Provisions on the Governance of the Online Information Content Ecosystem" consolidate them into a more coherent system of global rules for everything that happens on the country's Internet. The new rules were approved in mid-December and will take effect in March.
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