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We're hiding for security reasons. >> translator: this account may become a symbol that chinese people are still pursuing the freedom of speech. when you post something within china it will quickly disappear. this account can document all these historical events that cannot be saved inside the country. >> reporter: his account quickly turned into one of the world's key sources for protest information. lee says he received thousands of submissions per day as the demonstrations unfolded. apps like twitter, youtube and instagram are banned in china, but people used virtual private networks or vpn...

Including cnn have been relying on information from this twitter account, and there's only one man behind it, lee, a chinese painter in italy whose identity we're hiding for security reasons. >> translator: this account -- when you post something within china it will quickly disappear. this account can document all these historical events that cannot be saved inside the country. >> reporter: his account quickly turned into one of the world's key sources for protest information. li said he received thousands per day. people used virtual private networks or vpns which are prohibited in china to ...