China cracks down on major news websites for original reporting

China's internet regulator this week ordered popular Chinese websites to stop publishing stories based on original reporting, marking the government's latest effort to consolidate its control over online media. As The New York Times reports, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Monday ordered the websites to "clean up" certain online features, saying in an edict that they were in "serious violation" of a 2005 internet regulation that restricts independent reporting.
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