Two Chinese netizens have reportedly gone missing since Feb. 9, after participating in a live-streaming event to mock Chinese leader Xi Jinping on YouTube, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Several YouTube channels run by Chinese netizens prepared a Feb. 11 joint live-streaming session aimed at ridiculing Xi ahead of the Chinese New Year, the most important traditional festival in China. YouTube is banned in mainland China, but netizens can use VPN software to circumvent China’s internet firewall and access banned platforms. Some of these groups said their videos were removed by YouTube ahead of the event, with the platform citing copyright violations. The channel administrators believe that YouTube was acquiescing to Chinese censorship rules. The Epoch Times has reached out to YouTube for comment and did not receive a reply by press time. Meanwhile, the groups have lost contact with two China-based channel administrators: the person behind the “Ru …
Two Netizens in China Go Missing After Organizing YouTube Event Mocking Chinese Leader
February 15, 2021
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