What WeChat topics get banned?
哪些微信话题受到禁止？
There are over 1 billion WeChat users that use the application daily at different time intervals. This social media platform, with over 900 million mobile users, is widely used for almost anything you can think about - sending messages, knowing the latest news, personal services, shop, promote business, money transfers, and payments, interact and socialize with groups and forums, and a lot more.
The regulation policy of WeChat was established to remind every individual and online group administrator to be held responsible for all information that will be shared in their forums and discussions, as well as the behaviour of their members. Censorship in the platform aims to protect the online environment, particularly the legal rights of every Chinese netizen and organization. More importantly, the rules are intended to safeguard national security and public interest.
微信已被广泛应用于各种个人和团体的社交服务。微信内容的审查监管政策旨在保护社交环境、网民个人和组织的合法权利，以及维护国家安全和公共利益。以下话题在微信被禁止：
Here are the topics that got banned in WeChat:
1. POLITICAL ISSUES AND HIGHLY-SENSITIVE TOPICS
Any topic concerning political content is automatically declined from the system. If you share or send a message that triggers the network to identify it a crackdown, the message will not reach the receiver at all. This is due to the misinformation that can spread in the social media, which could turn into trouble or scepticism among its audience and cause ethnic tensions. Example of this is the US-China trade war issue. Other topics covered are military data, State secrets, and internal memos from the government or the Chinese Communist Party.
1. 政治问题和高度敏感话题：
任何关于政治内容的话题，以及军事信息、国家机密、来自政府或党内的消息会自动从系统中拒绝传送，并杜绝在社交媒体的传播。
2. CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS
This includes articles and photos of content that could impact or encourage activism. These topics can also be considered as “fake news,” which can damage someone’s reputation if it crawled the online network regardless of its validity and if not adequately controlled. Last year, some of the controversial issues that were banned were as follows:
- US sanctions against ZTE
- Hongmao medicinal liquor scandal
- Passenger-driver conflict in Chongqing
- Fan Bingbing tax fraud news
- Controversial hashtag #Metoo and the sexual harassment allegations against a professor in the Peking University
-The arrest of CFO of Huawei in Canada, Meng Wenzhou
- The investigation of businessman Ye Jianming pointing to economic crimes
- World’s first genetically-edited baby
- Changsheng vaccine scandal
2. 争议话题：
有可能影响或鼓励激进主义的内容，或未经证实的“假新闻”，都会在微信平台得到控制。
3. Topics that are subject to violations
These topics can cover anything with pornographic content, drug-related criminal acts, and actionable information that violates laws or regulations. If the material has a vulgar and indecent theme or subject matter, it will be banned. Examples are news from Hong Kong and Macau that has not been reported or validated by official news centres and media outlets. Video contents from unindentified and unknown channels, which show insults and shatter a police officer’s reputation will be censored. Counterfeit and falsified news or materials are blocked from being sent or shared.
WeChat, as one of the world’s largest mobile app by Tencent, can be powerfully used due to its unbeatable features. Hence, it follows the strict implementation of internet censorship and interception protocols to ensure overall national privacy and security. Just like its international counterpart called Facebook, it serves as an open channel for any group or individuals, who would like to share their opinion or help in spreading awareness to anyone over the internet. It is not only limited to regular citizens; but even government departments, private organizations, local communities and state-owned organizations use WeChat for several purposes.
3. 关于侵犯的话题:
涵盖任何涉及色情、毒品犯罪以及违反法律或法规的可起诉信息，以及包含粗俗下流的主题内容会被禁止。
微信作为世界上最大的移动应用之一，拥有强大的功能。同时会遵循严格执行互联网审查和拦截协议，以确保国家隐私和安全。
With over 5 billion message exchanges and page viewings daily, you can clearly see how WeChat can dominate a formidable influence in the social media world. Anyone who violates the rule will be sanctioned, so bear in mind that when you share content, it is not covered in the topics that get banned or you suffer from its consequences.
