An unnamed reader writes "China is increasingly overhead an online parallel universe where social media clones 'mimic the functions of the most popular, internationally received social media applications, such as Facebook and Twitter. The replicas, however, come with a major catch: they systematically comply with the Chinese Communist Party’s strict censorship requirements.' They are rewarding the growing demand of hundreds of million of Chinese amateur band for social media tools, reducing incentives for them to circumvent the 'Great Firewall,' Freedom House warns. Testing by researchers found that a search for the names of seven eminent Chinese lawyers, activists, and journalists on Sina Weibo dependent no results, only an Orwellian notice that 'According to related laws and policy, some of the results are not shown here.'"

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