Chinese Internet Service Providers Blocking Crypto Related Keywords.
2021-06-09 | Big Bob
Leading internet services providers in China along with Baidu, Weibo, Zhihu, and Sogo appear
to possess started censoring keywords associated with crypto exchanges catering to Chinese traders and investors.
The censorship of keywords
related to Binance, Huobi, and OKEx by
the favored internet services comes after
officials in
China recently started putting pressure on crypto mining and trading activities.
At the reporting time, searching either the Chinese or English names of Binance, Huobi, and OKEx on Google-like Baidu, Sogo, Quora-like Zhihu, or Twitter-like Weibo shows zero search results, as verified by EtherDesk.
On Weibo,
for instance, its mobile app states as “according to the relevant laws, regulations, and policies, the search results
haven't been displayed,” when EtherDesk attempted
to look at Binance, Huobi, and OKEx both in English as well as in Chinese.
Moreover, Weibo accounts for cryptocurrency Key Opinion Leaders [KOLs] in China were still active at the time of reporting, along with Jay Hao, OKEx’s CEO, and Justin Sun, the
founding father of Tron.
Bitcoin [
BTC] along with other cryptocurrencies have continued to face
price pressure due to rising concerns from investors and traders outside and inside China about the regulatory regime for crypto
within the East
Asian country.
Leave a comment
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
