Weibo, the Chinese microblogging platform often compared to social network X (formerly Twitter), sent letters to some popular bloggers, asking them to “refrain from expressing pessimism about the economy.” This was reported by oppression Bloomberg quotes his own sources.
As journalists found out, writers who wrote about finance and markets with a large number of subscribers received instructions not to “cross red lines” on certain issues, especially if they affected the economic sphere.
Weibo itself did not respond to a request for comment on this information.
Recommendations to prevent negativities regarding the economy from the leadership of one of the most popular social networks with an active audience of more than 570 million monthly came in the face of promises from government officials to strengthen economic growth.
At the same time, China’s Ministry of State Security also said that negative comments about the economy would endanger national security.
China is facing fiscal challenges due to a slow recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, weakening consumer spending power and a prolonged real estate crisis.
Previously Apple annoyed One of the iPhone functions working due to censorship in China.