South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s late-night declaration of martial law—and the immense pushback from lawmakers and the public that forced him to rescind the order—has been the talk of the Chinese internet. Online...
Microblogging platform Weibo is cracking down on speech about crackdowns on speech. In a weekly “safety” digest published to an official Weibo administrators’ account, the platform announced that it had...
Late last month, a WeChat article about the “collapse of the Chinese-language internet” attracted tens of thousands of views and spurred an enthusiastic response before it was eventually censored. Written by He Jiayan, a blogger...
One of the subtler ways Chinese internet users voice their displeasure with the status quo is through “pinkfishing” (粉红钓鱼, fěnhóng diàoyú), tricking nationalist “little pinks” into criticizing Party leaders—generally by quoting...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s top internet regulator, is reshaping internet and AI governance. Following the Data Security Law and Personal Information and Protection Law which went into effect late...
Dr. Li Wenliang’s death on February 7, 2020 resulted in an unprecedented spontaneous outpouring of grief on China’s social media. The young ophthalmologist was widely identified as one of eight whistleblowers punished for...
China’s internet watchdog has announced new rules designed to crack down on “self-media” accounts, the social media accounts of independent citizen journalists and content creators that have flourished on...
On October 8, Cover News launched a survey questionnaire on Weibo asking for readers’ take...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT...
Lesbian content was banned on Sina Weibo last week, with related same-sex discussion forums and...
U.S.-based British comedian John Oliver’s name has become a sensitive word on Weibo following a...
On April 13, Sina Weibo announced a three-month ban on pornographic, violent, and homosexual...
Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT...
On Thursday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered five websites—Alibaba’s Taobao,...
On Friday, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that three popular social media...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT),...
Xi Jinping has gathered an impressive array of titles over the past four years, from the official...
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