Wednesday, December 21, 2016

China Bans Videos That Are "Unofficial"

In its never ending quest to feed the Communist parties paranoia and finding new a better ways to restrict its citizens freedoms which they claim are "so important" to them.  The government in Beijing has issued a directive  banning all unauthorised video from being published online.


New regulations block public accounts from posting ‘user-generated audio or video’, often one of the few sources of information outside state media

China has banned the vast majority of internet users from sharing videos not from official sources on social media, tightening censorship in what was already one of the most oppressive internet regime’s in the world.
The new regulations barred public accounts from posting “user-generated audio or video”, often one of the few sources of information outside state media articles relaying the government’s version of events.
China has some of the most pervasive censorship in the world. Activists have been jailed for as little as a single tweet, editors at outspoken newspapers are sacked and news articles deemed inappropriate by officials are swiftly deleted.

Remember nothing says freedom like censorship



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