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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins

Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog

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Chinese authorities have condemned online racism and promised to crack down on ‘unlawful online acts’. Photograph: d3sign/Getty Images

Chinese social media is littered with racist videos, particularly content that mocks black people or portrays them through offensive racial stereotypes, research by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found.

The human rights watchdog analysed hundreds of videos posted on Chinese social media since 2021 and found that major platforms, including Bilibili, Douyin, Kuaishou, Weibo and Xiaohongshu, “do not routinely address racist content”.

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