Beijing China Chinese education LGBTQ Racism Social Media Technology Tencent University Wechat Weibo
WeChat blocks several LGBT accounts in China BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted over a dozen LGBT accounts run by university students, sparking fear of crackdown on gay content. LGBT rights supporters protested on social media the abrupt closure of these accounts, which the company said, were removed after "receiving relevant complaints", reported CNN. Several followers posted screenshots of the notice which they received when they tried to access the accounts. "After receiving relevant complaints, all content has been blocked and the account has been put out of service," the notice read, citing violation of…
News Timeline:
Track the development of related news across the Internet.
October 20, 2025
10:04
Source: ChinaRetailNews.com
May 29, 2025
08:02
Source: theguardian.com
May 24, 2025
11:00
Source: theguardian.com
March 17, 2025
16:05
Source: 7news.com.au
March 15, 2025
11:00
Source: nottinghampost.com
February 24, 2025
10:37
Source: abc.net.au
February 22, 2025
06:04
Source: engadget.com
January 11, 2025
08:35
Source: androidcentral.com
January 1, 2025
09:47
Source: abc.net.au