China tightens control of social networks, demands real names on Beijing...
Beijing authorities on Friday ordered Internet microblogs to require users to register with their real names, a tightening of rules aimed at controlling China’s rapidly growing social networks. An...
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While Sina Frets Monetization, Tencent Weibo Keeps Focus on the User
While the investment world is fixated on Sina Weibo's business model, Tencent Weibo is quietly improving its user experience. For Tencent, Weibo is not a product that needed to...
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Extremely interesting list of Chinese words officially banned on Weibo
Tracking various words blocked on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, to get a sense of where the boundaries of Chinese censorship and self-censorship lie. Posts a new blocked word...Learning...
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Sina Weibo Allows ‘Real Name’ Registration Via SMS, Can Be Cheated
Sina Weibo is pushing a more simplified way of linking one’s Weibo account to one’s phone, using SMS, ahead of the deadline for mass 'real name' registration by users. But...Tech-Websocial...
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D-Day for Real-Name Registration on Weibo
D-Day for real-name registration on Weibo is here! On the day the new shimingzhi regulations are supposed to come into force, we ask bloggers why they are so unsettled and...Tech-WebtencentSinachina...
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Netizens reaction to Weibo comment halt (including those from Sohu Weibo who...
Yes, people are still talking and they will forever be, like an ancient Chinese saying goes “It will cause more harm to stop the free flow of people’s thoughts...
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Chinese Government Reminds Netizens Who's Boss
Chinese government's crackdown on rumour-spreading websites, including Sina and Tencent Weibo, has some netizens up in arms. Tea Leaf Nation discusses the effects and what may be in store...
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Modern China: On Sina Weibo
Nowadays everyone seems to be on Sina Weibo. From Monks to Young Pioneers and from Overseas Chinese to the Migrant Worker, everyone uses it for different purposes. Come take a...Humoursocial...
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China's Sina: We've Been Slow on Microblog Rules, Fear Punishment
Sina, the Chinese Internet giant behind popular Twitter-like service Sina Weibo, has admitted that it is yet to fully apply China's 'real name' verification rules and fears the impact...
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Sina Admits to Investors It Has Failed to Implement Real Name Policy on Weibo
Sina, which runs the popular Twitter-like Weibo.com, has publicly admitted that it has not fully implemented the government-mandated ‘real name’ registration for such microblog services.Tech-Websocial...
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Beijing's new ideas for cracking down on debate and dissent
Sina Weibo is looking for more censors. The social media company, often described as China's version of Twitter, has a rumored 1.000 "information security" editors working to remove posts...
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Sina Weibo Surpasses 400 Million Registered Users
Chinese web portal Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) has released its third quarter financials and revealed that its top social hit, the Twitter-esque Sina Weibo, has now surpassed 400 million registered...
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Welcome to Purgatory: Sina Weibo Now Delaying Mentions of ‘Sensitive’ Words...
The Twitter-like Sina Weibo is supposed to be a real-time social platform, but that no longer applies to posts that mention ‘sensitive’ terms such as the names of China’s top...Tech-WebSina...
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Finally, China’s Sina Weibo Rolls Out Partial English Interface
This is rolling out slowly around the world. Sina says it's aimed at Southeast Asia, but we got it working from the US.Tech-WebSinaSina WeiboWeibosocial media
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Sina testing subtle censorship ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
On May 31, 2013 at 7am, [greatfire.org] observed that searching for keywords that are normally blocked, for example, "六四事件" (June 4th incident), surprisingly returned some results and no censorship...
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Sina Weibo Targets New Users Outside China, Now Lets You Sign Up Via Facebook
Now Sina Weibo is making things a bit easier for people outside of China by permitting signing up for Weibo via a Facebook account.Tech-WebSinaSina Weibofacebooksocial media
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Alibaba announces collaboration with Sina Weibo for Taobao users to buy...
A few months after Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba grabbed 18 percent of Twitter-like microblogging platform Sina Weibo with a $586 million investment, the two have teamed up to launch...
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U of T Google fellow tracks China's censored words
Hairy bacon, Canadian French and leopard print: all terms axed from the online vocabulary in China, according to a new book published by a University of Toronto researcher. A...
View ArticleWho Should Handle Your Social Media Business? [Thoughtful China Video]
Creative agencies, media agencies, digital agencies, PR firms and social media specialist shops all want to own their clients’ social media business and even feels a legitimate claim to it. This week...
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The internet: From Weibo to WeChat
WeChat, or Weixin in Chinese, is known mostly for private chatting and innocuous photo-sharing among small circles of friends. With more than 270m active users, it has become the star product from...
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