The guidelines, issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday, says it’s the platforms’ responsibility to moderate the content they host. It also asks social media companies to enhance their censorship to create a “clean cyberspace.” (The Logic)

Talking point: This is part of Beijing’s latest crackdown on technology companies and social media platforms. The government has tightened its grip on everything from data privacy and antitrust issues to children’s gaming. Several high-profile tech firms have been affected by the wide-reaching clampdown. For example, China’s leading ride-hailing app, Didi Chuxing, has lost 30 per cent of its daily users after regulators banned the company from signing up new users and removed the software from app stores. Meanwhile, regulators have been seeking to rein in misinformation and negative opinions about the Chinese economy—making it more complicated for investors and analysts who have been struggling to understand the market.