カテゴリー: Social media
Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relicsA viral series on the Chinese version of TikTok about a jade teapot that turns into a woman and escapes from the British Museum is to be adapted into an animated film….
As jobs screening US, UK and EU platforms are shifted to India, viewing ‘gore’ to clean up the web has traumatised moderators‘I had to watch every frame of a recent stabbing video … It will never leave me,” says Harun*, one of many moderators reviewing…
Style featuring pastel makeup and modest clothing has taken off, but many are objecting to the ethos behind itA social media debate has erupted in China over a trend among some women to dress and behave in a way that’s “good for marriage”, with detract…
Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racismChinese social media is littered with racist videos, particularly content that mocks black people or portrays them through offensive ra…
Lifestyle and shopping apps are the latest weapons in Beijing’s information war against its neighbourAriel Lo spends a couple of hours most weeks sharing anime art and memes on Chinese apps, often chatting with friends in China in a Mandarin slightly d…
Resurgence of centuries-old suodiu (suck and discard) dish has seen chefs frying up pebbles with ginger and chilliIn tough economic times, a new money-saving ingredient for stir-fries is gaining in popularity among Chinese internet users: rocks.Videos …
Amid usual scrubbing for Tiananmen Square anniversary, searches for bridge where protest was held in 2022 return no resultsChinese censors scrubbing the internet of any words or symbols that could be used to reference the Tiananmen Square massacre in t…
Growing number of social media users find using Korean American actor Ma Dong-seok’s image as avatar gets better responseChinese social media users are turning to a Korean American action star for help in their daily lives, with a growing trend of swap…
Service in Jiangxi uses data on single residents to build platform amid drive to boost marriage rateFor single people, dating fatigue is a universal phenomenon. Hours of swiping left can lead to despair at the potential matches in your area. One city i…
Use of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media now occupy in IndiaThe response by the Indian government was quick and draconian. Days after a BBC documentary examining the role that Narendra Modi, now prime minister, had …
US firm says network of bot accounts also hijacking hashtags in large-scale attempt to obscure coverageAn attempt to flood social media platforms with spam in order to drown out coverage of the lockdown protests in China was probably backed by the Chin…
The largest protests in a generation erupted in cities across China over the weekend against the government’s zero-Covid policy. The most widely used symbol in the demonstrations has been a blank sheet of paper. It symbolises censorship, and may a…
Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank saysThe Chinese Communist party is using social media influencers from troubled regions like Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia to whitew…
Apple is now manufacturing a new phone model outside China – and the implications could be huge. Plus, a cyberstalking saga puts social media platforms on the spotDon’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThis week, the first iPhone 14s …
Posts touting off-grid locations as ‘secret resorts’ have fuelled a travel craze that is now being criticised over risks to public safety Chinese social media influencers and their platforms have come under fire for posts about “wild trips” – or visits…