China consultancy crackdown sends jitters across foreign business
NBCMAY 2023
Misinformation and fake news are hardly a PRC problem alone. On the contrary, more and more countries enact laws to punish disinformation producers. Beijing has taken the lead in cleaning up the misinformation that plagued its internet. Among other measures, China has banned ChatGPT and is thus a leader in this complex and emerging space.
The ruling Communist party is strengthening its censorship on social media and says it will continue to monitor and remove so-called "unsanctioned" content across social media and traditional news outlets. Beijing's intensified efforts to clean up the internet from false news and rumors are nothing but an attack on free speech and freedom of information. This is a crackdown and persecution of independent and critical journalism.