Posted on 05/28/2023 10:48:29 AM PDT by george76
China's cyberspace regulator said 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and
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closed 67,000 social media accounts and deleted hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22 as part of a broader "rectification" campaign.
Since 2021, China has targeted billions of social media accounts in a bid to "clean" its cyberspace and make it easier for authorities to control.
The latest crackdown targeted accounts on popular Chinese social media apps including WeChat, Douyin, and Weibo that fall under the category of "self media," a term that broadly refers to accounts that publish news and information but are not government-run or state-approved.
Beijing frequently arrests citizens and censors accounts for publishing or sharing factual information considered sensitive or critical of the Communist Party, the government or the military, especially when such information goes viral.
Of the 67,000 accounts that were permanently closed, almost 8,000 were taken down for "spreading fake news, rumours, and harmful information," according to CAC.
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Coming here soon.
What do you mean “coming”???
It’s here!... where you been?
I’ve been banned on Twitter for four years.
Make me wonder if 67k people or a percentage of those who held the accounts no longer exist or only as body parts in other people. If they still live it will not be a pleasant life when the government get through with them.
That episode was a case study on Conmunism.
You’re not of the body. Lawgivers!
Hey just like the USA.
The EU is under control by the communists chinese as is the democrat party here. Try posting the truth showing facts and see how quickly you see your post banned by Yahoo and Nextdoor, Facebook etc.
A dry run for what they have planed for here when they take over unless something changers in our lack of leadership.
So American-like.
China is behind it happening here. All part of the plan that was discovered and entered into the congressional record as early as 1963.
China sounds like the The Democrats and Silicon Valley.
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