{"id":103824,"date":"2024-04-19T02:28:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=103824"},"modified":"2024-04-19T02:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:28:52","slug":"china-uyghurs-face-ban-on-using-social-media-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/asia\/china\/103824-china-uyghurs-face-ban-on-using-social-media-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Uyghurs face ban on using social media apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Xinjiang authorities have banned Uyghurs from using social media apps such as TikTok and tools to bypass censorship, RFA reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban was announced in a video by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with violators facing arrest, a hefty fine, and a deduction in their social credit score, the source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It mentioned that people are forbidden from using Twitter, YouTube, and Bitcoin, and authorities are also warning against using VPNs and foreign websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest ban has raised concerns of another crackdown on the region&#8217;s Uyghur population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It came after a special meeting recently convened by Xinjiang\u2019s Communist Party Committee, which stressed the need for \u201cstrictly maintaining secrecy related to Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to news reports, China has amassed comprehensive information on Uyghurs in a large database and can monitor and track them around the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some activists believe China is putting efforts to conceal the ethnic genocide in the Uyghur region by tightly controlling information and punishing Uyghurs arbitrarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Xinjiang authorities have banned Uyghurs from using social media apps such as TikTok and tools to bypass censorship, RFA reported yesterday. 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