China censors platform that contradicted government’s recommend Covid measures


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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...