Chinese tech giant Sina Weibo hires supervisors to censor harmful content

About 1,000 supervisors have been recruited to report on pornographic, illegal and harmful content- particularly young women's pictures if they show their legs, abdomen or cleavage

Chinese tech giant Sina Weibo has recruited 1,000 Weibo supervisors to report on “pornographic, illegal and harmful content” after China's Cyberspace Administration investigated and fined Weibo for failing to purge banned content from its social media platform.

The policy is already having adverse effects on users, particularly young women, whose photos are being labelled “pornographic” if they show a woman's leg, abdomen or cleavage. Users who are found to violate the rules may have their “social credit” scores reduced, which can limit to their ability to use the platform.

The investigation of Tencent, Baidu and Sina Weibo

The Cyberspace Administration's Beijing