China says it is a 'victim' after Twitter locks embassy account

“We hope Twitter can uphold the precept of objectivity and impartiality, to not present double requirements on this challenge, however to strengthen screening, and establish what is fake data, what are rumors and lies, and what’s truth and reality.”

The US has formally decided that China is committing genocide and crimes towards humanity towards Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and spiritual minority teams who stay in Xinjiang.

“This genocide is ongoing, and… we’re witnessing the systematic try to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese language party-state,” former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a press release Tuesday, on the final full day of the Trump administration.

A Twitter spokesperson stated that the tweet had violated the corporate’s content material coverage, which prohibits “the dehumanization of a bunch of individuals based mostly on their faith, caste, age, incapacity, severe illness, nationwide origin, race, or ethnicity.”

The tweet is now “now not obtainable” on the platform.

The Chinese language embassy, for its half, has not tweeted since January 9.

It’s not clear whether or not the embassy intends to delete the publish to revive its account. The delegation in Washington didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark outdoors common US enterprise hours.

US regulation shields social media corporations from accountability over what’s posted on their platforms. Lawmakers from each events agree the regulation wants to vary; they simply do not agree on how.

“I hope that there is not going to be some form of overreach in measures adopted that can silence speech or take the incorrect method,” stated Cindy Cohn, the chief director of the Digital Frontier Basis, a non-profit that defends on-line civil liberties, referring to world efforts to manage the house.

— Brian Fung, Scott McLean and CNN’s Beijing bureau contributed to this report.