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American-based media websites like Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the New York Times have been blocked by the Chinese government. Adaptations of social media or microblogging websites like Sina Wiebo (Weibo) launched in 2008 and Youku Tudo launched in 2012 are popular platforms of social media in China. The societal norms of expressing opinions online progressed in China and by 2012 there were over 309 million microblogging users.

In 2010, the Chinese government enforced policies promoting internet sovereignty for all internet users in China which is also known as the “white papers”. The Chinese government actively supervises internet users emphasizing internet safety to promote speech rights online that allow the government to understand citizen wishes and needs. The policies enforce the Chinese government to ban opposing material to government values. To maintain their presence online the Chinese government had made over 176,000 government agency microblogging by the end of 2012.