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China Says Terrorism, Fake News Impel Greater Global Internet Curbs


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People pose for pictures during the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang provinceBy Catherine Cadell WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in old fears - terrorism and fake news. Ren Xianling, the vice minister of China's top internet authority, said on Thursday that the process was akin to "installing brakes on a car before driving on the road". Ren, number two at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), recommended using identification systems for netizens who post fake news and rumors, so they could "reward and punish" them.




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