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May 25, 2018
‘Sugar daddy’ dating app banned by WeChat, labeled an ‘abnormal enterprise’ by authorities
Well, that was quick
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May 11, 2018
Eurovision ditches Chinese channel after LGBT act gets censored
The online streaming platform also censored another performance because the singer had tattoos
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May 1, 2018
Peppa Pig banned from Chinese video app after becoming ‘subversive,’ counterculture icon
Over the last few months, the popular British cartoon character has attained a gangster reputation
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Apr 4, 2018
Bible banned from online bookshops as China brags about its protection of religious freedom
The Bible has become a naughty word on JD.com
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Mar 9, 2018
China’s most influential feminist Weibo account silenced on International Women’s Day
The account spent yesterday spreading posts against sexual harassment and sexist advertising, before being blocked
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Mar 2, 2018
Zhihu, China’s Quora, removed from app stores for one week for insufficient censorship
Evidently, Zhihu’s censors did not impress this week
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Mar 1, 2018
The craziest words that were blocked on Chinese social media this week
Those wanting to innocently write on Weibo about boarding a plane with someone named Winnie were out of luck.
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Feb 16, 2018
Criticism of godawful Spring Festival Gala censored again on Chinese social media
Just imagine how bad next year’s will be
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Jan 20, 2018
China intensifies crackdown on hip-hop
State media regulatory body poised to ban tattoos from television
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Jan 4, 2018
Beijing court hears challenge to media law defining homosexuality as “abnormal”
The regulation classifies homosexuality as “vulgar” and bans its portrayal in online video content
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