Chinese
users rattled by
Twitter hiring former state-affiliated exec as its
China chief
Last week,
Twitter hired Kathy Chen to be its new head of China, despite the social network being blocked in the country.
But Chen's
former history working for the
Chinese military has sent waves across the Twittersphere, especially among
Chinese users who fear this means
Twitter plans to start working closely with the Communist government, which has shown ** hesitation in censoring online sentiment or issuing blanket bans on sites.
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Medium is the latest website to be blocked in China
Google and its sites like Gmail and YouTube are blocked in the country, as are Facebook and Instagram, Dropbox, and publications like
The New York Times, Bloomberg and*
The Eco**mist, to name some.
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