#ChinaWakeUp a call to action as women expose Twitter accounts selling date-rape drugs, porn


  • TECH
  • Monday, 10 Jun 2019

While the date-rape images have been reported to Twitter and it has since shut down some of the accounts, there have been growing calls for a police investigation.

Feminist blogger “Shaoxi” says she first heard about #ChinaWakeUp last week, after she was sent disturbing photos apparently showing Chinese women who had been drugged and raped.

A follower on microblogging site Weibo sent her the graphic images, saying Russian women were using the hashtag to expose Twitter accounts posting such photos to advertise date-rape drugs and pornographic videos.

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