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07-14-2017, 02:23 PM
China censors 'RIP' and the candle emoji as people mourn **bel Peace Prize winner
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Shortly after **bel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo's death was an**unced, China's biggest social network has started censoring a host of words — and even emoji — typically used in mourning posts.
Users on Weibo found on Friday that they couldn't search for the candle emoji, as well as keywords like RIP.*
SEE ALSO: Sick of censoring content, China bans livestreaming altogether (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/china-bans-livestreaming/)
Liu, a well-k**wn human rights activist and dissident, passed away on Thursday after battling liver cancer. He was serving an 11-year sentence in a Chinese prison, and was granted medical parole only in June (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/26/**bel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-released-from-chinese-prison-after-cancer-diag**sis), diag**sed with late-stage liver cancer. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/emoji-censored-liu-xiao-bo-mourned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Shortly after **bel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo's death was an**unced, China's biggest social network has started censoring a host of words — and even emoji — typically used in mourning posts.
Users on Weibo found on Friday that they couldn't search for the candle emoji, as well as keywords like RIP.*
SEE ALSO: Sick of censoring content, China bans livestreaming altogether (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/china-bans-livestreaming/)
Liu, a well-k**wn human rights activist and dissident, passed away on Thursday after battling liver cancer. He was serving an 11-year sentence in a Chinese prison, and was granted medical parole only in June (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/26/**bel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-released-from-chinese-prison-after-cancer-diag**sis), diag**sed with late-stage liver cancer. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/emoji-censored-liu-xiao-bo-mourned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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