Rules that target everything from spell chanting to money worship will be costly for companies to roll out

Company violated rules on managing content, advertising and tax, says state body

Hanoi joins global push to rein in power of the technology giants

Rappler website founder Maria Ressa posts bail after court issues arrest warrant

TV and press mergers reinforce premier’s power but critics fear latest sign of Hungarian autocracy

Critics say case shines light on widening crackdown on dissent in city by Beijing

Communist party keen to control business news as growth slows and discontent simmers

Hard-won freedoms can be lost — even in places that have become used to free media

Ma Jian says Beijing will use authoritarian playbook deployed in Tibet to stifle dissent

Rejection comes as arts centre cancels talk by an exiled Chinese author

China’s top microblogging site introduces policy to give government more control

Complaints follow Cornell’s suspension of exchanges with Renmin over academic freedom 

US institution says Renmin punished students for supporting workers’ rights

Consultant’s Saudi social media analysis under scrutiny

Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance has sparked worldwide anger, accusations and boycott threats against Riyadh

Trump says US will ‘get to bottom of’ Khashoggi disappearance

Carrie Lam rejects ‘speculation’ visa denial is retaliation for chairing activist speech

Viktoria Marinova’s death follows that of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuciak

Decision is believed to be first rejection by local authorities of a foreign correspondent

South-east Asian nation’s de facto leader says reporters broke the Official Secrets Act

Nobel laureate has seen her image slide following crackdown on Myanmar journalists