Chinese Censors Target Short Video Apps

Chinese Censors Target Short Video Apps
An AFP collaborator poses for a picture using the smart phone application TikTok in Paris, France, on Dec. 14, 2018. AFP/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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The Chinese regime has launched new censorship rules for short videos, prohibiting a wide range of content from spoofs of communist party leaders to videos promoting “money worship,” in its latest move to clamp down on free speech in the country’s sprawling social media scene.

The China Netcasting Services Association, one of the country’s largest government-backed internet associations, released on Jan. 9 a detailed list of 100 types of content short video platforms must expunge.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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