Websites shut over trolling, extortion

By Global Times

Dec 10, 2018 12:14 am

China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has closed 1,100 self-media accounts and 31 websites suspected of engaging in trolling and extortion since the start of the year.

The ministry said that it cracked down on 28 cases involving online trolling and ghostwriters hired to post slanderous content, and arrested 67 people, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

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