China laid out its reasons for controlling online content at the first government-sponsored Internet conference, saying it is crucial to thwart terrorist attacks in the country. “In recent years, the Internet has become the major channel for terrorists to organize and to incite violent attacks,” Gu Jianguo, director of the cyberspace security department of the Ministry of Public Security, said at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China.
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