Facebook Fake News Stories: China Calls For More Censorship On Internet Following Social Media's Alleged Role In US Election

China is calling for stricter restrictions on the internet in the wake of terrorism and the increasing circulation of fake news stories on social media sites, which allegedly played a role in helping Republican Donald Trump win the presidential election in the U.S. 

China’s vision of a more secure cyberspace with rigid censorship comes at a time when the West is debating on the fake news surge and if smartphone companies should cooperate with federal agents to help them gain access to private information in phones belonging to suspected criminals. 

China, earlier in November, passed a new cybersecurity law tightening its control over the internet, which experts said may technologically isolate the country from the rest of the world. The law, which will come into force during summer next year, seeks to ensure a balance between privacy and security. 

“The already heavily censored internet in China needs more freedom, not less,” Human Rights Watch’s China Director Sophie Richardson said in a statement. “Despite widespread international concern from corporations and rights advocates for more than a year, Chinese authorities pressed ahead with this restrictive law without making meaningful changes.”

DYI:  CHINA???  Where is the outrage from the main stream press when a foreign power demands that our social media be censored??  Good Lord our official response should be from ALL MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT FOR THE CHINESE TO GO "STUFF IT" WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE!

What is amazing are the talking heads from the Democrats agreeing with this totally UNAMERICAN POSITION - outright basing of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution.  One begins to wonder who these people are working for???  God forbid if they are actually working for the Chinese.  Most likely they are the mindless idiots who are simply angry that Hillary lost the election and jumped on the Chinese bandwagon.

DYI