Mainland Chinese backlash over ‘political decision’ by Twitter, Facebook amid US-China tensions

Chinese take to social media to vent their anger over move to close accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation about Hong Kong protests. — SCMP

Twitter and Facebook’s move to close Chinese accounts they accused of spreading disinformation about the Hong Kong protests has angered mainland Internet users and academics, who called it a “political decision” made against the backdrop of US-China tensions.

About 10 hours after the two US social media companies announced they were suspending certain accounts on Monday, it had become the second top search on China’s Twitter – Weibo.