Chinese social media censoring ‘officially sanctioned facts’ on coronavirus

Wide range of speech about virus and Covid-19 references is being tightly controlled, report finds

Chinese social media censors blocked neutral information about the coronavirus outbreak when they targeted references to the outbreak on WeChat and other platforms, a report has found.

Hundreds of keywords and keyword combinations, including “Wuhan seafood market” and “Sars variation” were censored in late December, as doctors sought to warn about the new virus.

Continue reading…

\ 最新情報をチェック /

Back to top