The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is asking citizens to snitch on online internet users who fail to toe Beijing’s line when commenting on Chinese history, according to a recent announcement by China’s cyber regulator.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), in an announcement on April 9, said that its long-existing hotline 12377—which allows people to report on online activities such as fraud and rumors—was now open to allow people to report on netizens who “distort” the CCP’s history, attack Party leaders and their thoughts and policies, and defame “national heroes.”
