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Twitter users in China are dealing with hazards, prolonged interrogations and even days in a detention center after publishing messages crucial of the Chinese federal government, according to a report by The New York Times.
The social networks crackdown is apparently part of President Xi Jinping’s project to censor what’s published online in the nation.
The Times spoke with 9 Twitter users who were questioned by the authorities and evaluated a recording of a four-hour interrogation. At one point, Chinese authorities questioned a Twitter user, who was chained to a chair, for 8 hours. Another invested 15 days in a detention center, according to the report.
Users informed The Times that authorities would print out tweets crucial of the federal government and inquire to erase them or their accounts.
Huang Chengcheng, the activist who was questioned for 8 hours, informed the news outlet he signed a pledge to remain off Twitter after being held by authorities.
Twitter is presently prohibited in China, however individuals in the nation usage software application to access the social media. Roughly 3.2 million individuals utilize Twitter in China, according to a quote based upon a study of 1,627 Chinese web users in 2015 by Daniela Stockmann, a teacher at the Hertie School of Governance inGermany That’s just about 0.4 percent of China’s Internet users. Still, as The Times notes, the social media fuels political dispute and conversation in the nation.
Twitter decreased to comment. The Chinese embassy did not right away react to an ask for remark.
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