In China, fib online and find out
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In China, fib online and find out

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Last month a 33-year-old woman in Xi’an, in central China, posted a video on social media that showed snowflakes falling on the ancient city. When China’s police found out, they detained the woman, accusing her of being an “evil influence" on society. That might seem a little heavy-handed, but China’s police take online fibbing seriously. In July they detained a man in Hengyang, in southern China, after he boasted on social media that he had been the first person ever to ride the local Ferris wheel.

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Explained: How China deleted reports of teen's death in quarantine from internet – Firstpost
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Explained: How China deleted reports of teen's death in quarantine from internet – Firstpost

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After the death of a 14-year-old girl in quarantine caused an outage, censors in China swung into action. Reports on the incident were scrubbed from the internet with citizens once again question the country’s zero-COVID policy Chinese censors on Friday scrubbed reports that a teenager had died in a quarantine facility, after the case sparked anger and prompted citizens to …

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