China Punishes 10 People over Nepal-Tibet Disaster ‘Rumours’ Amid Misinformation Crackdown

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The Chinese authorities punished ten people accused of spreading false information on the Internet about the devastating landslides that hit the Nepal border, reported to the police on Monday. According to a statement from the cybersecurity office of the Ministry of Public Security, users disclosed messages that suggested that the number of dead and missing persons was much higher than officially registered.

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BEIJING (ANP/AFP) - Chinese authorities say ten people have been punished for spreading misinformation following the flooding disaster in the border region with Nepal. They allegedly created the impression, for example, that the number of dead and missing was much higher than reported in official sources...

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The Chinese authorities say that ten people have been punished for spreading misinformation following the flooding disaster in the border region with Nepal. For example, they allegedly created the impression that the number of dead and missing was much higher than reported in official sources.

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The scale of damage continues to grow as massive floods and landslides in Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region have left at least 800 dead and over 3,000 missing. Chinese authorities have launched a strict crackdown, imposing administrative penalties on at least 11 people for posting false information online by inflating the number of victims. On the 31st, China's Ministry of Public Security Cybersecurity announced that it had imposed penal…