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Chinese social platforms have already expanded the scope of a controversial rule that requires influential users to disclose their legal names. Regular users are right to be worried.
Beijing has grown increasingly concerned about the sway of individuals with large followings on social media and has acted accordingly.
China's major social media platforms, including WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, Baidu, and Bilibili, have announced a controversial policy requiring "self-media" accounts with over 500,000 followers to disclose their real names, sparking debates on responsible speech versus privacy and online anonymity concerns.
Messaging and payment app WeChat, microblogging platform Weibo, Douyin, China's version of Tik Tok, search engine giant Baidu, social ecommerce app Xiaohongshu, video sharing website Bilibili, among others, published separate statements regarding the same.
China removes anonymity of bloggers' accounts with more than 500,000 followers