A major city is threatening to fine Web surfers up to 5,000 yuan ($625) for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, a news report said Monday.
The new rules enacted in Chonging, a major industrial city in China’s southwest, against “online defamation” come as Beijing tries to tighten control over the freewheeling Internet.
The rules target Web users “who spread information or remark defaming others, launch personal attacks or damage others’ reputations online,” the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Potential violations included posting online video “to satirize others or social phenomena,” Xinhua said.
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