Live-streamed broadcasts have grown increasingly popular in China in recent years. - Reuters
BEIJING (AFP): New rules for livestreamers demand they hit the "right tone" when it comes to politics, Chinese authorities said Wednesday (June 22), in the latest sign of a tightening in the country's massive online entertainment sector.
The rules come after one of China's top online hosts was apparently cut mid-broadcast after streaming footage of a cake shaped like a tank just before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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