Sina Weibo, known as the Twitter of China, banned all gay-friendly content on Friday but by Monday had to back down and reverse the ban. (Reuters photo)BEIJING: China's popular Weibo microblogging platform on Monday reversed a decision to block "homosexual" content, in an unusual concession to a storm of online protest at the weekend. Even the Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily jumped into the discussion, posting an essay promoting LGBT acceptance to its official Weibo account on Saturday. "I support Sina in clearing out pornographic content, but it definitely must not do so as before and target homosexuality -- that kind of discrimination is wrong," wrote one user. Last year it banned gay content from all online streaming platformsLast month it pulled the Oscar-winning film Call Me by Your Name from the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival.

Source: Bangkok Post April 16, 2018 16:30 UTC