The media regulator’s move is part of an intensified crackdown on content that is deemed to violate socialist core values under President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
The media regulator’s move is part of an intensified crackdown on content that is deemed to violate socialist core values under President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
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China sends serious message with ban on video spoofs amid content crackdown

Directive from media regulator applies to videos that ‘distort, mock or defame classical literary and art works’

Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 3:56pm, 23 Mar, 2018

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The media regulator’s move is part of an intensified crackdown on content that is deemed to violate socialist core values under President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
The media regulator’s move is part of an intensified crackdown on content that is deemed to violate socialist core values under President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP
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