China deletes 1.4m posts and 67k accounts as part of massive social media crackdown

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China deletes 1.4m posts and 67k accounts as part of massive social media crackdown

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Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it has deleted over 1.4 million social media posts as part of a massive crackdown on social media. Reuters reports that the regulator had launched a two-month probe into impersonation of government officials and alleged misinformation among various issues.

As per the report, a big focus of the crackdown was on "self-media" accounts operating via popular apps such as WeChat, Douyin, and Weibo. The term self-media is generally used to refer to the accounts that publish news and information but are not owned or approved by the state.

Source and more: https://www.neowin.net/news/china-d...ts-as-part-of-massive-social-media-crackdown/
 
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