China, 2nd May: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has released the new regulations putting more limitations on the news produced and distributed by online platforms.

Under the new rules, which come into effect on 1st June, all online news services are to be managed by party-sanctioned editorial staff. This requirement applies to all political, economic, military, or diplomatic reports or opinion articles on blogs, websites, forums, search engines and instant messaging apps that select or edit news.