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MYSTERIOUS: China deletes 1 4m social media posts | Mind Blowing Facts

Chinese regulators targeted thousands of “self-media” accounts on Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter. (Photo: Reuters)

BEIJING: China’s cyberspace regulator says 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month investigation into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering and impersonation of state officials, among other “pronounced problems”.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on Friday that it had closed 67,000 social media accounts and deleted hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22 as part of a broader “rectification” campaign.

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