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China deletes 1.4 million social media posts in crackdown on 'self-media' accounts
Reuters ^ | May 27, 2023 | Eduardo Baptista

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bilderberg; china; globalists; wef

1 posted on 05/28/2023 10:48:29 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Coming here soon.


2 posted on 05/28/2023 10:49:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

What do you mean “coming”???

It’s here!... where you been?


3 posted on 05/28/2023 10:53:40 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: george76
People being sent to the absorption chambers?
4 posted on 05/28/2023 10:55:06 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: dfwgator

I’ve been banned on Twitter for four years.


5 posted on 05/28/2023 10:55:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: george76

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.


6 posted on 05/28/2023 11:10:17 AM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: OttawaFreeper

That episode was a case study on Conmunism.


7 posted on 05/28/2023 12:19:17 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: OttawaFreeper

You’re not of the body. Lawgivers!


8 posted on 05/28/2023 12:23:17 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: george76

Hey just like the USA.


9 posted on 05/28/2023 12:53:59 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: george76

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.


10 posted on 05/28/2023 1:39:44 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: george76

A dry run for what they have planed for here when they take over unless something changers in our lack of leadership.


11 posted on 05/28/2023 2:35:32 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: george76

So American-like.


12 posted on 05/28/2023 3:23:37 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: dfwgator

China is behind it happening here. All part of the plan that was discovered and entered into the congressional record as early as 1963.


13 posted on 05/28/2023 4:23:35 PM PDT by Revel
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To: george76

China sounds like the The Democrats and Silicon Valley.


14 posted on 05/28/2023 4:29:55 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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