China tightened censorship on mobile messaging apps on Thursday with stiff rules aimed at limiting dissent, while it simultaneously emerged that a number of foreign chat services had been blocked in the country.
The new rules, announced by the State Council Information Office, ban bloggers from publishing political news without first receiving permission, and require providers to clearly mark the accounts qualified to do so.
New users will also have to verify their identity with providers and sign an agreement to act within the “seven bottom lines” as defined by the Communist party: “the law, the socialist system, the nation’s interests, citizens’ rights, public order, social morals and authenticity of information”.
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