China moves to ban all news outlets not funded by Communist Party


Source: telegraph.co.uk telegraph.co.uk

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China could ban all news media not funded directly by the Communist Party under new rules that will likely further limit freedom of speech. Beijing published a draft law stating that privately-funded organisations "shall not engage in news-gathering, editing, and broadcasting". Officials have not confirmed whether the new rules will apply to foreign news organisations operating in China , effectively making them illegal. But the move nevertheless indicates that Beijing may be preparing to exercise even greater control over the news, much of which is already state-controlled, further shrinking the platform for public scrutiny. The proposed new rules ban private...