Shanghai will require microblog users to register under their real names from Monday, state media said, the latest local government in China to implement the rule after a spate of violent protests.
Beijing and the southern province of Guangdong have also ordered users of weibos — microblogs similar to Twitter — to register using their real names, as authorities tighten their grip on the Internet.
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