Tag: Weibo

Communist Regime Censors Speech on Military Affairs

Military affairs have recently become a censored topic within the Great Firewall—communist China’s sophisticated internet censorship system, amid the tightened control over speech and information on social media platforms. On March 30, several official accounts that cover military affairs on Chinese social media platform WeChat were suspended on the same day. Among them was the…


Communist Party Tightens Control on Chinese Social Media, License Now Required to Comment on Current Affairs

China’s ruling communist party has further tightened its control over speech, information, and thought among the Chinese people, announcing limits on what is allowed on Chinese social media. The country’s social media platforms in recent days have issued notices to users, requiring them to obtain “Internet News Information Service Licenses” or otherwise be banned from…