China’s ruling party has decided that it is not a “friend” to social media.

News reports are coming in that the notoriously strict censors in China are going to crank it up a notch.

Their targets: Micro-bloggers and social media devotees.

This will be a big job. The Guardian reports

The number of registered users on domestic services reached 195 million by the end of June, triple the figure of six months earlier, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre.

Will the great firewall of China succeed?  The cartoon above has its own take. (cartoon by KAL)