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The end of anonymity on Chinese social media: forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead (restofworld.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On October 31, Weibo, as well as several other major Chinese social media platforms including WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Kuaishou, announced that they now required popular users’ legal names to be made visible to the public. Weibo stated in a public post that the new rule would first apply to all users with over 1 million followers, then to those with over 500,000.

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[–] MajesticSloth 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just what someone pretending to be from earth would say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

ha ha fellow earthling. Very funny. you should have feelings of shame for how your treatment of another fellow earther make the feelings of sad.