Images of 'Winnie the Pooh' blocked on Chinese socia media
Britain’s most famous cuddly bear has become too politically sensitive to be mentioned on Chinese social media. Whilst it is still possible to display images of 'Winnie the Pooh', any comments on social network Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter or the WeChat messenger have been blocked with an error message warning that "this content is illegal". The censorship is due to comparisons between President Xi Jinping and the bear, which began in 2013 when pictures of Winnie and his friend Tig… READ MORE : http://ift.tt/2u1Hr4V What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://ift.tt/16lqeRI Facebook: http://ift.tt/N9quwy Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://ift.tt/18C3AB7 VKontakte: http://ift.tt/16lqfFj
Britain’s most famous cuddly bear has become too politically sensitive to be mentioned on Chinese social media. Whilst it is still possible to display images of 'Winnie the Pooh', any comments on social network Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter or the WeChat messenger have been blocked with an error message warning that "this content is illegal". The censorship is due to comparisons between President Xi Jinping and the bear, which began in 2013 when pictures of Winnie and his friend Tig… READ MORE : http://ift.tt/2u1Hr4V What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://ift.tt/16lqeRI Facebook: http://ift.tt/N9quwy Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://ift.tt/18C3AB7 VKontakte: http://ift.tt/16lqfFj
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