In Fresh Regulatory Move, China Tells Tech Giants to Stop Blocking Rivals’ Links

In Fresh Regulatory Move, China Tells Tech Giants to Stop Blocking Rivals’ Links
A man looking at a phone is seen through a digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, on Nov. 23, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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BEIJING—China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday, telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other’s links on their sites, or face consequences.

The comments, made by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) at a news briefing, mark the latest step in Beijing’s broad regulatory clampdown on some of the country’s largest companies.