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Netizens React After Chinese Regime Takes Aim at Microblogs For more news and videos visit ? ?english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ? ?http Add us on Facebook ? ?facebook.com Weibo, or microblogging has become hugely popular in China. Netizens use it to express themselves or report on certain events - often against official directives. Weibo's popularity, and its influence have not gone unnoticed by the Chinese regime. Here's the story. Chinese netizens are in an uproar. Recent indications from the Chinese regime seem to point to tougher controls on popular mircroblogging services, such as Sina Weibo. On Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency attacked the site for its role in spreading what it calls false information. It said that more should be done to clean websites of, quote, "toxic rumors." Last week, a senior communist party official urged Sina Weibo to regulate online content. While these moves seem to target so called rumor mongering, Chinese bloggers fear the real intention is to reign in free speech. [Jin Chu, Guangxi Online Author] "China is ruled by people, [not by law]. The leaders can easily determine the fate of a media company. Through the Internet, the people have come to know the truth and facts of things. This has caused the Communist regime to panic, and they're thinking of ways to block it." Sina Weibo, which is similar to banned Twitter social media site, has grown hugely popular in China. Chinese netizens have been able to express opinions or report on events that escape usual censorship limits. A recent ... From: NTDTV Views: 81 8 ratings Time: 02:37 More in News & Politics