China Says It Welcomes Western ‘Fake News’ Clampdown
China has welcomed the news that internet giants are clamping down on ‘fake news’, and have offered advice on how to implement internet censorship. Chinese officials claims that the latest fake news crisis is a justification for Western governments to follow China’s lead on punishing publishers online with far more punitive measures that the ones currently being discussed. Theregister.co.uk reports: Ren Xianling, No.2 at the Cyberspace Administration of China, said internet users posting false stories should be punished.