The Chinese government this week issuing new orders aimed at curbing online rumors that spread too quickly through Twitter-like micro-blogs for the authorities to censor, such as the false reports in July of former leader Jiang Zemin's death.
On November 11, the General Administration of Press and Publications released new regulations that ban journalists from reporting unverified information from the Internet or mobile phone messages. While the ban is part of government efforts to block "unofficial information" it says threatens social stability, observers say that the approach could backfire.
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