China cracks down on microblogging rumours that are 'worse than cocaine'
Posted in: Censorship at 07/12/2011 20:28
Online rumours are drugs that damage users and harm society, the Chinese state media have claimed, as officials step up attempts to rein in the country's hugely popular microblogs.
One commentary, published by the official Xinhua news agency, warns that while heroin and cocaine damage health, internet rumours are worse because they "poison the social environment and affect social order".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/06/china-cracks-down-microblogging-rumours
