How China’s national security and cybersecurity laws will further curb press freedom
Convincing potential sources to share information and publishing independent journalism on social media or with the help of crowd-funding are a few of the practices that are likely to suffer under a pair of new Chinese laws–one passed, one still in draft form–local journalists tell CPJ.
On July 1, the Chinese government announced that it had passed the National Security Law. The legislation’s definition of national security is all-encompassing, covering everything from politics to finance, energy, food, religion, culture, as well as cyberspace and outer space. The wording of the law is such that nearly any activity in Chinese society could be construed as a national security concern.
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