TWITTER LOCKS OUT CHINESE EMBASSY ACCOUNT IN U.S. OVER XINJIANG POST

Twitter has locked out the Chinese Embassy to the US from its social networking website, saying its post regarding the human rights issues in Xinjiang violated the firm’s policy against dehumanization, Kyodo News reported.

China lambasted the move and said it is a “big victim” of Twitter as a “large number of conspiracy theories and false information” have been posted on US social media platforms. “There are lots of false and ugly information about China,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing. “The Chinese Embassy to the US certainly has the responsibility and obligation to clarify the facts and explain the truth.”

Reuters reported the embassy earlier this month posted a tweet saying that Muslim Uighur women in Xinjiang had been emancipated and were no longer “baby-making machines,” citing a study by the state-run newspaper China Daily.

Twitter issued a warning against the post and blocked users from browsing it, as the United States and Europe have pointed out that China has effectively forced women in the autonomous region to undergo sterilization.

On Tuesday, the US also said it has determined that the Chinese government's crackdown on its Muslim Uyghur minority amounts to "genocide," one day ahead of the inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden, who succeeded Republican Donald Trump as president.

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