China’s Social Media Giant Weibo Purges Crypto Content, Bans Users
The Chinese social media titan Weibo has deleted 80 popular crypto-related accounts and removed “17,000 illegal profit-making-related posts” from its platform.
The firm’s operator Sina says Weibo has some 258 million daily active users.
It thrives in a nation where popular international social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram have been blocked.
But while crypto trading is de facto banned in China, a few popular Chinese-language Weibo accounts have continued to post crypto-related content.
Cryptonews.com has seen evidence that some (albeit less popular) Weibo accounts are still posting crypto-related content at the time of writing.
Token trading remains popular in China, once the crypto mining and trading center of the world.
But most Chinese traders have been forced into OTC markets.
Banks were ordered to block all crypto exchange-linked transactions last year.
This followed a 2021 announcement along similar lines from the biggest commercial banks in China.
The 80 accounts had over 8 million followers each, a testimony to crypto’s enduring popularity among Chinese language speakers.
When Cryptonews.com attempted to access some of the Weibo accounts in question, the platform displayed messages that read:
“This account is no longer viewable due to complaints that it violated laws, regulations, and relevant sections of the Weibo Community Convention.”
The same users’ X (Twitter) and Telegram accounts mostly appear to be operating as usual.
Per an official Sina-Weibo statement, the accounts had violated T&C clauses related to marketing, internet safety, telecommunications, and trade.
Just over a year ago the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the nation’s internet regulator, banned the “marketing” of
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