China censors ‘RIP’ and the candle emoji as people mourn Nobel Peace Prize winner

July 14, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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Shortly after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo's death was announced, China's biggest social network has started censoring a host of words — and even emoji — typically used in mourning posts.

Users on Weibo found on Friday that they couldn't search for the...

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