China deletes LGBTQ accounts from social media in new crackdown
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Bay Area Reporter :: Out in the World: China s WeChat shuts down LGBTQ accounts
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Bay Area Reporter :: Out in the World: China s WeChat shuts down LGBTQ accounts
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Netizen Voices: LGBT Groups, #MeToo Activist Shut Down By WeChat, Weibo
Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Jul 9, 2021
Late in the evening on Tuesday, June 6, WeChat simultaneously deleted dozens of LGTBQ+-related public accounts. A number of these were run by student groups at China’s most prestigious universities, and had operated for years without issue, amassing tens of thousands of followers. WeChat did not explain its decision. At Vice News, Viola Zhou reported on
“This was a sleepless night for everyone,” Zhuzi, a 35-year-old graduate from Fudan University in Shanghai, told VICE World News. They declined to provide a full name due to the sensitivity of the issue. “They are making it look like China has no gay people. This is very dumb, evil, and ignorant.”