TECH - China's Twitter-Like Social Media Weibo Pulls The Mask Off Top Influencers To Push Online Transparency | Benzinga
Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ:WB), often referred to as China’s Twitter (now rebranded as X) counterpart, reportedly plans to mandate top influencers, those with more than one million followers, to display their real names on the platform, raising concerns about online privacy in the Xi Jinping-led country’s digital landscape.
What Happened: Weibo’s chief executive officer, Wang Gaofei, has initiated this change by making his real name public on his account, though he hasn’t elaborated on his rationale, reported Bloomberg.
“I’m testing out the controversial function myself first,” he wrote on Friday while acknowledging that this could be an unpopular move.
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