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Chinese police shut down 1,100 social media accounts

Chinese police have shut down 1,100 social media accounts on Tencent’s Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo platforms for trolling and blackmailing. [Courtesy]

Chinese police said on Saturday that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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