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Sina Weibo to bar accounts to youths under 14
    2018-10-11  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

NETIZENS under the age of 14 will no longer be allowed to register a micro-blogging account on Sina Weibo, the country’s largest and most popular Twitter-like platform, beginning next month, the service provider said Tuesday.

The move is to protect the cybersecurity of youngsters and to help build a clean, healthy, civilized and organized online environment in the future, according to a statement issued by the platform’s operator on its official micro blog.

But the operator said it is trying to design and develop a special version of the Weibo platform for younger users in line with laws and regulations as soon as possible to ensure that minors are protected more effectively.

“We’ve always paid close attention to protecting the young people, and we never stop taking steps to create a better online space for them,” it said. “We welcome all users to supervise us and work together with us to make the platform safer and cleaner.”

Sina Weibo opened to the public in late 2009. By September last year, it had 376 million active users for such services, such as reading information, sharing online posts and making comments, up 27 percent year on year, according to a report the platform’s data center released at the end of 2017.

Among these active users, about 16 percent were under the age of 18, it said, adding more than 56 percent were men.

In addition to writing and forwarding information, and uploading videos and music, sharing live streams has also been popular on the platform, it added.

(China Daily)

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