Chinese socialite Guo Meimei is freed from jail but few report release and some stories vanish

One of China’s most notorious internet celebrities has been freed from jail after serving a five-year term for operating illegal casinos in Beijing, but despite huge interest in the case, mainstream media largely stayed away from reporting her release.

Guo Meimei, a 28-year-old socialite and online celebrity, was at the centre of a nationwide scandal back in 2011 when she flaunted her flashy lifestyle on social media to millions of followers, while falsely claiming that she worked at a firm linked to the state-backed Red Cross Society of China.