Cyberspace Administration of China

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is the national internet content regulator and censor of the People's Republic of China. The CAC is an institution directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and serves as the executive arm of the CCP's Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission. The agency was initially established in 2011 by the State Council as the State Internet Information Office (SIIO), a subgroup of the State Council Information Office. In 2014, the SIIO was renamed in English as the Cyberspace Administration of China, and transformed into the executive arm of the newly established the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization of the CCP, which was promoted to the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission in 2018. The CAC and the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission are "one institution with two names." The CAC plays a key role in the CCP's control over the Chinese Internet. Its functions include issuing and enforcing...

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