RantCrush Top 5: February 23, 2017

A feminist group in China has been blocked from social media for posting some anti-Trump articles. The ban came after the group “Feminist Voices” shared an article from the Guardian that described the Trump Administration’s “aggressively misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, and racist policies.” The group also urged people to protest for women’s rights on March 8, which is International Women’s Day. The social media site Weibo then declared the group would be banned from the site for a month because the article “violated national laws and regulations.”

Feminist Group’s Weibo Shuttered https://t.co/dDyxIAklmj pic.twitter.com/66Dd6ZWxTJ

— China Digital Times (@CDTEnglish) February 22, 2017

The group has over 80,000 followers. “This is about attacking civil society…They want to take away our voice,” said Lu Pin, a founder of Feminist Voices. Sensing that the coming year will be very politically tense in China, she added, “It’s just the beginning.”

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.