China cracks down on over a million social media posts, accounts

Authorities permanently banned 66,000 accounts and cracked down on 928,000 others in the drive that started in March, China’s cyberspace regulator said in a statement on Saturday. Within those accounts, it also acted on more than 1.41 million online posts as of May 22. — Bloomberg

China said it took action on more than one million social media posts and accounts in its latest campaign to moderate online content that it regards as malicious.

Authorities permanently banned 66,000 accounts and cracked down on 928,000 others in the drive that started in March, China’s cyberspace regulator said in a statement on Saturday. Within those accounts, it also acted on more than 1.41 million online posts as of May 22.