China has launched probes into three of its largest social networking platforms over the suspected dissemination of violence and obscenity -- the latest move aimed at sanitising the country's increasingly closed-off internet.
The world's most popular messaging service WeChat, the Twitter-like Weibo as well as the Tieba discussion forum are being investigated, according to an announcement from the Cyberspace AdministrationRead more
In the first three months of the year, China's Internet watchdog shut down 1,046 illegal websites for spreading pornographic content or information that jeopardizes national security.
Eighty-five websites were given warnings and 8,008 microblog accounts were shut down during the same period, said the Cyberspace Administration of China in a statement released Tuesday.
The top Internet regulator said 89 casesRead more