China’s Zhejiang province calls to limit tech giants’ power over online traffic

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Officials in China's Zhejiang province are calling for stronger oversight of major internet platforms and their control over online traffic and algorithms. They argue that these systems can shape public discussion and sentiment, making platform influence a matter of public governance.

Communist Party officials in eastern China’s Zhejiang province have called for greater oversight of major internet platforms and their “traffic power”, warning that online traffic and algorithms had evolved into a force capable of shaping public discussion and sentiment. The publicity department of the Zhejiang provincial party committee published the commentary on social media on Thursday, saying traffic could no longer be viewed simply as a data resource. Zhejiang’s capital city, Hangzhou, is...