Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in People's Republic of China

Rename DW platform to Deutsche Welle

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:54:01 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

Deutsche Welle — People's Republic of China (complete) — was DW (Deutsche Welle)

Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

X — People's Republic of China (complete) — was X (formerly Twitter)

Replace the Wikipedia and dead citations on four rows

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:20:27 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

DuckDuckGo — People's Republic of China (complete): notes, source

Replace 'China' with 'People's Republic of China'

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:39:21 +0100

40 renamed.

Renamed

Al Jazeera — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
BBC News — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Bluesky — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
ChatGPT — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Discord — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
DuckDuckGo — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
DW (Deutsche Welle) — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Facebook — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
GitHub — People's Republic of China (partial) — was China
Google — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Grindr — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Instagram — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
KakaoTalk — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
LINE — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
LinkedIn — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Medium — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
New York Times — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Odnoklassniki — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Pinterest — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Quora — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Reddit — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Reuters — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Rumble — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Signal — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Snapchat — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Spotify — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Substack — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Telegram — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Threads — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
TikTok — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Tumblr — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Twitch — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Viber — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Vimeo — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
VPNs — People's Republic of China (restricted) — was China
WhatsApp — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Wikipedia — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
X (formerly Twitter) — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
YouTube — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Zoom — People's Republic of China (partial): notes

Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100

16 changed.

Revised

Al Jazeera — China (complete): source
ChatGPT — China (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — China (complete): source
Facebook — China (complete): source
GitHub — China (partial): source
Google — China (complete): source
Instagram — China (complete): source
Reddit — China (complete): source
Reuters — China (complete): source
Signal — China (complete): source
Telegram — China (complete): source
WhatsApp — China (complete): source
Wikipedia — China (complete): source
X (formerly Twitter) — China (complete): source
YouTube — China (complete): source
Zoom — China (partial): source

Update Grindr dataset using Grindr official Help Center source

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:47:26 +0100

1 added.

Added

Grindr — China (complete)

Update platform label to DW (Deutsche Welle) to support acronym searching

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:54:18 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

DW (Deutsche Welle) — China (complete) — was Deutsche Welle

Add Deutsche Welle censorship data and logo assets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:50:29 +0100

1 added.

Added

Deutsche Welle — China (complete)

Add Al Jazeera and CGTN censorship data and logo assets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:02 +0100

1 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — China (complete)

Delete six unsupported rows, source three that checked out

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:49:32 +0100

3 removed, 2 changed.

Removed

Associated Press — China (complete)
Netflix — China (complete)
Roblox — China (complete)

Revised

DuckDuckGo — China (complete): notes, source
Spotify — China (complete): notes, source

Replace 27 fabricated and generic sources with verified ones

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:37:02 +0100

6 changed.

Revised

BBC News — China (complete): source
ChatGPT — China (complete): source
KakaoTalk — China (complete): source
LinkedIn — China (complete): source
Pinterest — China (complete): source
Snapchat — China (complete): source

Add Russia Today to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0100

1 added, 1 changed.

Added

Associated Press — China (complete)

Revised

BBC News — China (complete): source

Add New York Times to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:38:19 +0100

2 added.

Added

New York Times — China (complete)
Reuters — China (complete)

Remove KakaoTalk South Korea entry

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:35:25 +0100

1 added.

Added

BBC News — China (complete)

Add KakaoTalk censorship data and UI assets

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:33:56 +0100

1 added.

Added

KakaoTalk — China (complete)

Update Zoom China info: local partners and stopped direct sales

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:23:06 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Zoom — China (partial): notes, source

Rewrite TikTok China description to reflect actual history

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:09:16 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — China (complete): notes

Replace TikTok China source with Citizen Lab research report

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:56:21 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — China (complete): source

Fix platform chart tooltip to show only hovered ban type; add TikTok China entry

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:53:20 +0100

1 added.

Added

TikTok — China (complete)

Update Zoom entries: remove outdated UAE VoIP ban, add China restriction

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:57:51 +0100

1 added.

Added

Zoom — China (partial)

Add Odnoklassniki bans: Ukraine (2017), Latvia (2022), China (Great Firewall)

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:52:49 +0100

1 added.

Added

Odnoklassniki — China (complete)

Update Tumblr ban status: remove Indonesia, add China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and other countries

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:42:19 +0100

1 added.

Added

Tumblr — China (complete)

Add Vimeo bans for China, North Korea, and Turkmenistan

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:41:29 +0100

1 added.

Added

Vimeo — China (complete)

Remove duplicate same-type ban rows from censorship data

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:32:10 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Skype — China (partial)

Update censorship_data.csv with Roblox data

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:34:22 +0100

1 added.

Added

Roblox — China (complete)

Add Rumble censorship data for Brazil, Russia, North Korea, China, and Turkmenistan

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:32:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

Rumble — China (complete)

Add Substack censorship data

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0100

7 added, 1 removed.

Added

ChatGPT — China (complete)
GitHub — China (partial)
Medium — China (complete)
Pinterest — China (complete)
Quora — China (complete)
Skype — China (partial)
Substack — China (complete)

Removed

WeChat — China (partial)

Add Viber and LINE censorship tracking data including Russia block for Viber

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:09:03 +0100

2 added.

Added

LINE — China (complete)
Viber — China (complete)

Add WeChat restriction coverage

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:11:46 +0100

1 added.

Added

WeChat — China (partial)

Add Threads platform with ban and age-restriction data

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:33 +0100

1 added.

Added

Threads — China (complete)

Remove Pornhub and expand Bluesky country coverage

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:43:03 +0100

1 added.

Added

Bluesky — China (complete)

Use British English spelling in page copy

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:05:19 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

VPNs — China (restricted): notes

Add VPN Tracker with ban table and legislative efforts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

VPNs — China (restricted)

Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100

17 added.

Added

Discord — China (complete)
DuckDuckGo — China (complete)
Facebook — China (complete)
Google — China (complete)
Instagram — China (complete)
LinkedIn — China (complete)
Netflix — China (complete)
Reddit — China (complete)
Signal — China (complete)
Snapchat — China (complete)
Spotify — China (complete)
Telegram — China (complete)
Twitch — China (complete)
WhatsApp — China (complete)
Wikipedia — China (complete)
X (formerly Twitter) — China (complete)
YouTube — China (complete)