Buying Silence: The Price of Internet Censorship in China
Buying Silence: The Price of Internet Censorship in China Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Image: How China’s Censors View Themselves (Image source: Central CAC). Introduction On Monday, November 12, 2018, the recently-appointed director of China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (CAC) Zhuang Rongwen (庄荣文) summoned senior executives from WeChat and Sina Weibo for a “discussion” (Central CAC, November 16, 2018). While there is no transcript of the meeting availabl...
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