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China Requires Online Writers to Have Government Approval February 17, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, April 28, 2016 file photo, a woman browses her smartphone near a display booth for China's Weibo microblogging website at the 2016 Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing. Beijing (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:47 0:00 Pop-out player The Cyberspace Administration of China will require bloggers and social media influencers to get special government approval starting next week. A government credential will be necessary to p...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues. “As an international […]

China's internet watchdog is cracking down further on online speech, issuing a requirement that bloggers and influencers have a government-approved credential before they can publish on certain topics.

According to new regulations issued by China's Cyberspace Administration, bloggers and influencers are required to have a state-approved credential for publishing content online.

China bloggers to face new rules ONLINE CONTROL: The Cyberspace Administration of China is to require bloggers to have a government-approved credential before they can publish on a range of subjects AP, TAIPEI Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on Sina Weibo, one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers, but he wrote in a post that the site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues. “As an international affairs researcher and a ...