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China has instituted numerous regulations prohibiting religious content online, including teaching Bible lessons to children and forming youth groups.

Based on prior laws and regulations, the articles released by the National Religious Affairs Administration significantly restrict faith content online, religious rights magazine Bitter Winter reported.

“This is not the first time China has tightened its grip on religious life, but it may be one of the most technologically invasive,” the group reported. “In the age of digital ministry, where sermons stream and prayers ping, the regulation feels like a deliberate attempt to unplug the sacred from the social.”

In a translation of the regulations by Bitter Winter, Article 5 states that clergy can only preach or provide relig

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