Alerts | Censorship and regulation

Chinese media censors go into overdrive during COVID-19

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During the pandemic, the Chinese government ramped up online censorship of information about COVID-19, suppressing “unofficial” media reporting, blocking critical discussion on social media and taking down investigative stories.

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