Chinese State Media Proudly Announces an Internet ‘NGO’ That Will Carry out Regime’s Censorship Policies

Chinese State Media Proudly Announces an Internet ‘NGO’ That Will Carry out Regime’s Censorship Policies
A mobile phone displaying an online post by outspoken professor Qiao Mu, at his home in Beijing, China on July 21, 2017. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Annie Wu
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Chinese state media enthusiastically announced the formation of an “internet federation” on May 9, which claims to be China’s first non-governmental organization made up of Chinese internet companies.
But is it really independent from the Chinese regime?
Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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