China cabinet asks govt departments to clean up social media image

The government is also trying to get a tighter grip on the dissemination of information to the public more broadly

China's cabinet has warned government departments to clean up their social media image amid a drive to bolster the government's online presence to help reach tech-savvy young people who get their information from smartphones.
 

The State Council issued the guidelines late on Thursday saying that authorities' social media presence needed more regulation and vowed to clean up dormant "zombie" accounts and "shocking" comment from official channels.
 

"This has a negative impact on the image and the public trust in the government," the cabinet said on its website.
 

Government bodies have been pushing into social media as a way to reach