China bans LGBT WeChat groups because… it can?

China bans LGBT WeChat groups because… it can?


New day, new censorship hell in China. Earlier this week, several LGBT WeChat accounts run by university student groups found that they’d lost access. As per Reuters, the company deleted these accounts without any specific reasons. If you tried to access any of these groups you’d find a notice saying they “had violated regulations on the management of accounts offering public information service on the Chinese internet.” A fathomable reason, indeed. According to a report from AP, these accounts were taken down on Tuesday at 10PM. It said that universities asked these groups to shut down or remove references to their college’s…

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