China censors platform that contradicted government's recommend Covid measures

Hangzhou Lianke Meixun Biomedical Technology Co., the company behind the health and science fact-checking website DXY, had some of its social media accounts censored. Some of the company's Weibo accounts have been suspended for "violating regulations." On other social media platforms, the company has not posted since Monday. The censored accounts combined had 8.69 million followers. The censorship comes a few months after DXY published an article claiming that Lianhua Qingwen, a form of traditional Chinese medicine, does not prevent Covid infection. The government had been promoting the medicine for Covid treatment and prevention and even distributed it for free…