[HN Gopher] China Announces Crackdown on Religious Content on th...
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       China Announces Crackdown on Religious Content on the Web
        
       Author : theduder99
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-12-29 22:25 UTC (37 minutes ago)
        
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       | theduder99 wrote:
       | The Measures follows complaints by President Xi Jinping that
       | prohibitions against using the Internet to "advertise" religion
       | are easily eluded, and more should be done to make sure that the
       | Internet and social networks are not used as tools for "religious
       | propaganda."
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       | The Measures require an "Internet Religious Information Service
       | License," which can only be granted to organizations part of the
       | five authorized religions (since they should be "legally
       | established," which is only possible within the five government-
       | controlled organization), to disseminate religious content via
       | the Internet. Any other reference to religion on the web is
       | declared illegal.
        
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