China launches online crackdown on 'harmful' content targeting children

BEIJING: China on Saturday (July 13) announced a new crackdown on its tightly controlled internet, taking aim at video apps and social media platforms to purge content deemed harmful to children.

The ruling Communist Party strictly regulates the domestic web, censoring content deemed vulgar, ostentatious or politically subversive.

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