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    Articles tagged Weibo (3)

    Shan WangMarch 9, 2018
    What do Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They’re both flagged by Chinese censors
    They’re just a few of countless names, codewords, memes, and phrases that have been blocked. Weiboscope, a project out of the University of Hong Kong, since 2011 has tracked deleted posts on Weibo, collecting a substantial dataset of the types of terms and content that triggers censors.
    Joseph LichtermanAugust 31, 2015
    Tweeting across borders: With a new mobile app, Meedan is working to improve social media translation
    The app, named Bridge, is meant to solve “a problem that’s a flaw with the way Facebook and Twitter currently operate.”
    From Nieman Reports: Weibo and WeChat have brought a degree — a degree — of freedom to Chinese political discourse
    “Lacking a free marketplace of ideas, China does not have the ability to renew itself or ensure long-term competitiveness. The prerequisite to creating such a marketplace is to smash the monopoly of information held by the state.” Luo Changping
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