Phoenix New Media, a U.S.-listed company, was shut down on Sept. 26 by Chinese regime censors, marking the third time in a year the Hong Kong-based firm has been blocked in mainland China because of “illegal” content.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) charged Phoenix’s Ifeng.com with spreading “illegal and bad information, [running] distorted and misrepresented headlines, and forwarding news information in violation of regulations” and ordered the news portal to subject itself to “thorough and in-depth rectification.” The CAC didn’t provide any details about the violation.
