Notepad++ Software Banned in China for Supporting Hong Kong, Xinjiang

Students sit an exam in a computer room at a technical school in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, on January 29, 2018. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images

The free text editing software Notepad++ announced on its official Twitter account on Aug. 16 that the company’s website was blocked by China’s Tencent Website Security Center.

The software company said the ban was “obviously due to its #FreeUyghur and #StandWithHongKong” versions of the software.