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Sunday, China imposed new rules on Internet news sites in another step to regulate web sites in the country. "The State bans the spreading of any news with content that is against national security and public interest," the official Xinhua news agency said in announcing the new rules, which took effect immediately reports Washington Post
The news agency did not detail the rules, but said only "healthy and civilized news and information that is beneficial to the improvement of the quality of the nation, beneficial to its economic development and conducive to social progress" will be allowed, Xinhua said.
China's population of Internet users has surpassed 100 million and is the world's second largest after the United States, which has 135 million.
Any one willing to argue how gossip is healthy and civilized news
China has a dedicated band of cyber police who patrol the Internet with the aim of regulating content. Postings that criticize the government or address sensitive topics are quickly removed.
Registration was a feature of rules imposed earlier this year aimed at not-for-profit Internet activities, such as personal Web sites and blogs.
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