China removes anonymity of bloggers' accounts with more than 500,000 followers

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BEIJING - China's most popular social media platforms on Tuesday announced that"self-media" accounts with more than 500,000 followers will be asked to display real-name information.

"Self-media" includes news and information not necessarily approved by the government, a genre of online content regulators have cracked down on in recent years to"purify" China's cyberspace. Messaging and payment app WeChat, microblogging platform Weibo, and Douyin, China's version of Tik Tok, each published separate statements announcing the new measures.

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