China must crack down on critical online speech-party journal

BEIJING (Reuters) - An influential Communist Party journal on Monday decried online speech critical of the ruling Communist Party and government, comparing Internet rumors to denunciation posters during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. "There are some who make use of the open freedom of cyberspace to engage in wanton defamation, attacking the party and the government," said the journal Qiushi, which means "seeking truth" in Chinese. "The Internet is full of all kinds of negative news and critical voices saying the government only does bad things and everything it says is wrong. ...

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