China to Regulate Online NewsChina will regulate news on Internet websites to ensure the healthy growth of online news, said an official of a newly-established news management bureau. Wang Qingcun, head of the Internet Information Management Bureau of the State Council Information Office, said in an interview with Beijing Youth Daily that the regulation is expected to go into effect before July.Wang said that Internet content providers in China must get permits issued by the official IT or telecom departments. He said content on the Internet needs to be correctly guided, just as it is in the traditional media. "News released by the web editions of newspapers, news agencies, radios and TV stations is mostly healthy, and some non-governmental news sites of good reputation contribute up-to-date comprehensive news," he said. The official also noted that a number of irregularities currently are present in online news, such as inaccurate news reports, infringement of intellectual property rights, and false information that circulates on the net. By the end of last year, China had a total of 15,153 websites, 700 of which were news-related. |
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