Chinese Internet crackdown on Bo Xilai rumors continues

By Free Media Online · April 19, 2012 · Comments Off
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Committee to Protect Journalists Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) –

New York, April 13, 2012–Chinese authorities should halt
their censorship of Web content in the aftermath of senior politician Bo
Xilai’s dismissal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Internet
officials in China have deleted at least 210,000 online posts and shut down as many as 42 websites since mid-March for allegedly spreading rumors, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported
on Thursday.

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