China Shuts Down Over 100,000 Social Media Accounts in Latest Internet Crackdown

A woman reads her phone and tablet at a cafe in Beijing, on November 2, 2012. WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images

In the past month, the Chinese regime has banned scores of social media accounts and platforms, shutting down more than 100,000 online video-streaming accounts.

Some believe that it will become increasingly difficult for “self-media”—independently-operated social media accounts in China—to survive.