Chinese internet giants have removed over 60,000 accounts from their sites

China from March 1, begins to monitor the names of accounts on the Internet. Several influential Internet giants have already deleted more than 60,000 accounts that violate the rule that the nickname of the user must match his real name. The Chinese Cyberspace Administration (CAC) said in a statement that these accounts have provocative or misleading names.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the group that made this round of scouring includes the Alibaba e-commerce website, the tech giant Tencent, the search engine Baidu, and the Weibo social network. Baidu deleted 23,000 accounts with obscene names and avatars of a sexual nature, while Weibo deleted 5,500 accounts promoting terrorism. Tencent deleted social media accounts that mention gambling, firearms, and food safety data. It is not known how many Alibaba site accounts have been deleted, but the company has formed a team that controls users.

CAC did not mention which accounts had already been deleted due to the inconsistency of nicknames with real user names. In addition to CAC, websites will also begin to demand that people use only their official names and information not prohibited by law when the new rules come into force.
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These innovations cause user dissatisfaction. For example, blogger Isaac Mao told the Wall Street Journal that these restrictions would harm freedom of speech.