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China/ People & Culture

Weibo accounts shut over comments criticising young Chinese victim of Ethiopian Airlines crash

  • After learning that a 22-year-old student travelling to Kenya came from a well-to-do family, some posted harshly judgmental comments online
Flowers placed at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines crash in Ethiopia. Photo: Reuters

Regulators of Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging service, shut down several accounts on Tuesday after for comments attacking a young woman who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

“We received reports from users that there were contents under the Weibo of an aeroplane crash victim that attacked her,” a post on the official Weibo regulators’ account said. “We have checked and closed down [several accounts] that attacked personally and viciously. Please respect the deceased and discuss rationally.”