Reaction from Weibo: It will disclose users

Weibo, known as China’s Twitter, announced that it will publicly publish users’ location information in order to combat malicious behavior on the platform. With its new decision, the social media company, which has over 570 million monthly active users, Discussions of “violation of privacy” started.

After the update from Thursday, every Weibo user without exception IP address on profile page and in his comments it will include. According to the statement, the company will show until the city or county where users live in China. Except for China, only the country they are in will be displayed.

Weibo enforces its new policy

Weibo stated that “we are introducing new features to further protect the rights and interests of our users and improve their experience”, and said that it took the decision to protect its users.

“Can regional IP address display be turned off?” The company also answered the question; He later stated that this feature was designed to reduce malicious shares and reveal the authenticity and transparency of the content. stated that it cannot be disabled. This statement divided Weibo users into two.

One person stated that he supported Weibo’s decision by stating that false and false information about the virus was circulating on the internet during this period when the COVID-19 epidemic was still ongoing. On the other hand, some users may use IP-based location information. to be displayed on their profile necessarily evaluated as a violation of confidentiality and privacy.

Weibo suspended more than 21 fan accounts of Korean music groups like BTS and Blackpink in September 2021. While this move of the company drew the reaction of BTS and Blackpink fans; In the statement made by the platform, the K-Pop group accounts “irrational star chasing behavior” It was stated that it was closed to prevent it.

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