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China state media urge crackdown on microblog rumors

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China's state-run news agency demanded on Tuesday that Internet companies, regulators and police do more to cleanse websites of toxic rumors, adding to signs that the ruling Communist Party wants to tame the explosion of freewheeling microblogs.

China State Media Urge Crackdown on Microblog 'Rumors'

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China's state-run news agency demanded on Tuesday that Internet companies, regulators and police do more to cleanse websites of toxic rumors, adding to signs that the ruling Communist Party wants to tame the explosion of freewheeling microblogs.
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