Title: Mass surveillance in China - Wikipedia
Headings: Mass surveillance in China
Mass surveillance in China
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21st century
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Technologies
Internet
Sex and pornography on the Internet
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Other digital technologies
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Social credit system
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Mainland (excluding frontiers)
Tibet
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Content: Technologies
Internet
See also: WeChat § State surveillance, and Internet censorship in China
The Chinese government has been strengthening its tight control over the Internet and digital communication. There are more than 750 million Internet users in China, and their online actions are strictly regulated. In 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a new regulation, which imposed restrictions on the production and distribution of online news. The regulation required all platforms, such as online blogs, forums, websites, and social media apps to be managed by party-sanctioned editorial staff. These staff must obtain approval from the national or local government Internet and information offices and be trained by the central government. As required by the Chinese government, major internet platforms and messaging services in China established elaborate self-censorship mechanisms. Some have hired teams of thousands to police content and invested in powerful artificial intelligen