Leaked document reports extensive censorship tactics used by Instagram-style app in China

A leaked document has claimed to show a deep network of censorship used to police content on a massive social media platform in China.

Content moderators for Xiaohongshu, an Instagram-like app that claims to have 200 million members, have reportedly identified 564 new offensive nicknames and sensitive terms relating to President Xi Jinping and have pre-emptively dashed them from the platform.

According to a report from the China Digital Times, per VICE, moderators have been trawling the internet for anti-Communist Party memes, in an effort to identify anything even remotely translating to criticism of the Chinese leader to develop strategies to stop sensitive content in its tracks.

Names like “Adolf Xitler”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Mr Sh*t Pit” and random phrases like “personally commanding the epidemic” and “the general secretary is coming to my house” were part of the extensive ban list.

There is also comprehensive list of banned songs, movies and artworks relating to the Tiananmen Square Massacre (now referred to in China as June 4th).

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/leaked-document-reports-extensive-censorship-tactics-used-by-instagramstyle-app-in-china/news-story/83db9a005cf41357ec35ebf04344dc9d

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