BEIJING: China will demand that live-streaming platforms “censor content before releasing it”, state media said on Friday, as authorities seek to tighten control over the fast-growing sector.

Rules released by the country’s internet regulator the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will ban streams which “undermine national security, destabilize society”, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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