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Eugene

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Fri May 17, 2024, 09:09 PM May 17

Chinese social media companies remove posts 'showing off wealth and worshipping money'

Source: The Guardian

Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’

Chi-Hui Lin in Taipei
Fri 17 May 2024 06.33 BST
Last modified on Fri 17 May 2024 23.48 BST

Chinese social media companies have launched a new crackdown on user content, targeting posts that show off personal wealth and financial extravagance.

In a statement posted online on Wednesday, Weibo said it had spent this month carrying out special management work on “undesirable value-orientated content”, including content “showing off wealth and worshipping money”.

The statement said it had targeted posts showing off luxury cars and expensive properties. Posts seen as bragging about wealth and the freedom that comes with being rich were also removed.

Other social media companies, including Tencent, Douyin and Xiaohongshu, posted similar statements.

The crackdown is a part of China’s campaign to create a “social-ecological environment that is civilised, healthy and harmonious”, Weibo’s statement said. ...

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/chinese-social-media-companies-remove-posts-showing-off-wealth-and-worshiping-money

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Chinese social media companies remove posts 'showing off wealth and worshipping money' (Original Post) Eugene May 17 OP
great, top party leadership is gonna give up all its wealth to the poor people. nt msongs May 17 #1
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