The Chinese government is censoring messages left by Western embassies on social media site Weibo , according to a report . The Twitter - like tool was once hailed for empowering foreign diplomats to use " diplomacy " to reach hundreds of millions of people . But the the Australian Foreign Policy 's Weibo diplomacy and censorship in China report showed that Chinese governments are redacting material from foreigners ' posts . It also raised concerns that some governments , such as China 's , are adapting to the restrictions through self - censorship .
The Chinese government is censoring messages left by Western embassies on social media site Weibo, according to a report. The Twitter-like tool was once hailed for empowering foreign diplomats to use "Weiplomacy" to reach hundreds of millions of people. But the the Australian Strategic Policy's Weibo diplomacy and censorship in China report showed that Chinese authorities are redacting material from embassies' posts. It also raised concerns that some governments, such as Canada's, are adapting to the restrictions through self-censorship.