"Chinese Government Threatens Sina Over Poor Self-Censorship", 13th April 2015

The Chinese government has publicly threatened to close down the online news services of Sina, one of the country’s largest Internet groups, unless Sina “improves censorship.”...The Cyberspace Administration of China said that “Sina has spread illegal information related to rumors, violence and terrorism, pornography, swindling, advocation of heresies and has distorted news facts, violated morality and engaged in media hype.”...the company has been weak at policing its Weibo chat and messaging service, allowing user comments that differ from government policy on matters such as outlawed religious movement Falun Gong or separatist tendencies in Xinjiang province...Sina’s bosses promised to “intensify censorship” and publish more information with “positive energy.”...