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06-05-2017, 05:43 PM
Weibo blocked users from posting photos on Tiananmen Square anniversary
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Weibo, China's version of Twitter, blocked millions of its overseas users from posting pictures or video yesterday, on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
The ban over the weekend was simply an**unced as a "systems update," but people **ticed (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096832/june-4-blackout-chinas-weibo-blocks-overseas-users) that local users were also **t able to change their profile information, **r post photos or videos in comments.
SEE ALSO: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre, 25 Years Later (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-photos/)
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a pro-democracy protest that took place in 1989, when the Chinese military, armed with rifles and tanks, killed at least several hundreds of demonstrators. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/weibo-ban-visual-content/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Weibo, China's version of Twitter, blocked millions of its overseas users from posting pictures or video yesterday, on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
The ban over the weekend was simply an**unced as a "systems update," but people **ticed (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096832/june-4-blackout-chinas-weibo-blocks-overseas-users) that local users were also **t able to change their profile information, **r post photos or videos in comments.
SEE ALSO: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre, 25 Years Later (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/tiananmen-square-massacre-photos/)
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a pro-democracy protest that took place in 1989, when the Chinese military, armed with rifles and tanks, killed at least several hundreds of demonstrators. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/weibo-ban-visual-content/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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