Beijing pushes stricter online content controls, including review by national 'rumour debunking' mechanism | South China Morning Post

China's Communist Party and the State Council jointly released a set of guidelines for building "cyberspace civilisation" by urging government bodies to further increase and improve control over online content, amid Beijing's wider campaign to rein in the country's internet giants. All levels of government should strengthen their governance of the "cyberspace environment" to bring ideology, culture, moral standards and online behaviour under control, according to the new guidelines, published by state-run news outlet Xinhua on Tuesday. The all-encompassing guidelines also include regulating internet slang, and putting bigger responsibilities on platforms. They should, for example, further regulate how content is…