China tech companies pledge to tackle content that promotes terrorism

The companies promise to 'handle in a timely way terror-related harmful, illegal information, create a clear internet space and maintain social stability'

Twenty-five Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter images and information online that promote terrorism, the internet regulator said on Tuesday, months after China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law.

The Cyberspace Administration of China said the companies had promised to "handle in a timely way terror-related harmful, illegal information, create a clear internet space and maintain social stability".