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Living with China’s social media censorship

Unrest in Hong Kong has caused concern in mainland China, where news about pro-democracy protests have been carefully filtered out of social media.

It’s common for social media companies in China to remove content that is perceived to be threatening to social stability or the ruling Communist Party.

Beijing-based journalist and writer Karoline Kan delves into a world of forbidden words and state-sanctioned influencers and tells BBC Trending why she censors herself.