The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Information Control (信息控制)

48家网站举报通道进辟谣平台 (48 websites, including Sina, Sohu, Netease, and Youku, join Beijing's platform to refute online rumors)
Beijing Daily, August 29, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-08/4302518.html

Related:
Beijing launches platform for debunking online rumors
Xinhua, August 1, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/01/c_125104107.htm

湖北查处网络谣言案件135起 行政拘留90人(Hunan announces 135 Internet rumor cases, 90 administratively detained)
China News Service, August 29, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0828/21/97D73HS700014JB6.html

独立评论员“格祺伟”涉嫌寻衅滋事被湖南衡阳警方刑拘 (Independent online commentator criminally detained on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in Hunan)
Xinhua, August 29, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130829/u1a7626527.html

薛蛮子涉嫌聚众淫乱或被追刑责 专家:应附加驱逐出境 (Weibo VIP Xue Manzi may be criminally charged with suspicion of "assembling a crowd to commit licentious activities," experts say he should be deported)
The People’s Daily, August 29, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130829/u1a7626121.html