The Chinese national emblem outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong was vandalised on July 21 during a march organised by the Civil Human Rights Front against the now withdrawn extradition bill. The incident triggered Chinese media to end its silence on the Hong Kong protests. Photo: Edmond So
Censored by China, deleted social media posts live on in Hong Kong
- A team from the University of Hong Kong has been tracking online censorship on Chinese social media platforms like Weibo and WeChat for years
- They look for patterns in posts that have been removed by the government or internet service providers, and archive everything they find has disappeared
The Chinese national emblem outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong was vandalised on July 21 during a march organised by the Civil Human Rights Front against the now withdrawn extradition bill. The incident triggered Chinese media to end its silence on the Hong Kong protests. Photo: Edmond So
