China has removed more than 1,000 social media accounts for criticizing the government’s COVID-19 policies, BBC reports.
Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, suspended or banned 1,120 accounts for what it described as personal attacks against the county’s coronavirus specialists, per BBC.
The platform said it found nearly 13,000 violations, including attacks on experts, scholars and medical workers.
The social media sweep comes after China got rid of its strict COVID policies last month amid heightened virus spread, and just before a mandatory quarantine requirement for incoming travelers lifts Sunday and borders reopen to outsiders for the first time in almost three years.
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