Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
#Censorship #ChinessInternet
#SocialMedia account of #China's #Xiaohongshu goes dark after #Tiananmen anniversary post
//A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or "Little Red Book," was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists in #TiananmenSquare, a highly sensitive date in China.
The Friday post on its account on China's #Weibo said, "Tell me loud: what's the date today?", according to a screenshot seen by Reuters.
That post was quickly deleted by Xiaohongshu, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named given its sensitivity.
The company, backed by Chinese internet giants Alibaba (9988.HK) and Tencent (0700.HK), did not immediately reply to a request for comment...//
Source: Reuters #Jun6
http://www.reuters.com/world/china/social-media-account-chinas-xiaohongshu-goes-dark-after-tiananmen-anniversary-2021-06-06/
#SocialMedia account of #China's #Xiaohongshu goes dark after #Tiananmen anniversary post
//A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or "Little Red Book," was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists in #TiananmenSquare, a highly sensitive date in China.
The Friday post on its account on China's #Weibo said, "Tell me loud: what's the date today?", according to a screenshot seen by Reuters.
That post was quickly deleted by Xiaohongshu, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named given its sensitivity.
The company, backed by Chinese internet giants Alibaba (9988.HK) and Tencent (0700.HK), did not immediately reply to a request for comment...//
Source: Reuters #Jun6
http://www.reuters.com/world/china/social-media-account-chinas-xiaohongshu-goes-dark-after-tiananmen-anniversary-2021-06-06/