Chinese censors are working hard to erase or block news of the Hong Kong protest...
BEIJING - Chinese censors are working hard to erase or block news of the Hong Kong protests on social media and search platforms amid a surge in interest from mainland internet users.
At the same time, Beijing has been working to keep the news away from people on the mainland or at least filter the content. Freeweibo.com, which tracks censored posts on the Weibo platform, said “Hong Kong” was the most searched topic in the past few days. Tests conducted by Reuters on Wednesday showed some mainland Wechat users could not receive images of the Hong Kong protests, including demonstrators amid tear gas. Similar images posted to popular social media sites were removed within minutes.Some content posted on individual accounts that showed this week’s protests was not immediately removed, though censors say popular images and posts in group chats are quickly flagged.
Photos of clashes between police and protesters were accompanied by captions that accused “Hong Kong separatists” of organizing attacks on police.
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