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The topic of Xi Jinping voting trended on Weibo. After the People's Daily forwarded it, the comment section showed that the platform had enabled comment filtering. Netizens found that Weibo's AI smart search showed an interruption in thinking for this topic, responding that it was temporarily unable to answer.
On October 28, the Weibo topic "Mbappe's apology not posted on his 135 million follower IG" reached the top 4 on the trending list. Netizens joked that Instagram is banned in China, so even if he had posted it, no one would see it.
On October 27, a netizen posted on Weibo discussing “What did Mbappé do? Was he wrong?”, and the AI auto-reply robot “Comment Robert,” which has over 2 million followers, generated a voice message saying “He was just telling the truth — some people simply don’t like hearing it.” Netizens commented “The AI is out of control” and “The AI is not beyond the law.”
A netizen posted the caption "Gotten used to the plain and simple days lately" on Weibo on October 20, and their Weibo account was permanently banned the following day.
On October 20, the topic trended on Weibo’s society chart. Netizens shared multiple screenshots of work group chats showing that employees must report when they go to the toilet, and that one person was questioned after taking a 20-minute break. In the comments, people complained that they had lost the freedom to go to the toilet at work.
On October 19, the Weibo topic “Why young people don’t pay social insurance” trended on the hot search list. Netizens generally attributed it to low incomes, and called for the implementation of an eight-hour workday, no fewer than eight rest days per month, strict punishment for wage arrears, and compensation guarantees for layoffs.
On October 18, "A work schedule more vicious than alternate long-and-short weeks and one-day weekends has appeared" topped Weibo's trending searches. Circulating chat records show that the so-called "improved alternate long-and-short week" means working seven days one week and six days the next, with only one day off in two weeks; a netizen in Shenyang also claimed that a "mini week" means one week with a single day off and the following week with no days off.
On October 13, a discussion appeared on Weibo suggesting lowering the minimum social insurance contribution base. Bloggers reported that flexible workers face heavy contribution burdens — in Shanghai, paying pension and medical insurance at the minimum base comes to 2,263.80 yuan per month in total. Netizens sarcastically commented on the income gap between those inside and outside the system.
On October 11, "How much social insurance do you actually have to pay to get a 10,000-yuan pension" ranked first on Weibo's hot search. Previously, a blogger cited Shanghai as an example, claiming that ordinary people would have to pay contributions at a relatively high base for 30 to 40 years before their pension could exceed 10,000 yuan, and said the shortcut was to get a job inside the system. Netizens sarcastically commented on "deemed contributions" — "they have the final say."
On October 11, “smoothing out pension benefits” trended on Weibo, reaching a high of No. 15. Under the topic, one blogger suggested that retirees receiving more than 10,000 yuan per month, whose contributions before 2014 were deemed as paid, have their benefits cut by 5% per year for five consecutive years, and that those receiving more than 5,000 yuan have their increases frozen for five years; another blogger called for raising rural pensions to at least 500 yuan, saying rural elderly cannot wait any longer.
On October 6, the dispatched worker said in the comments section that related content about their experience on Zhihu and Weibo had already been taken down.
Facing the fact that more than 23.3% of fresh graduates did not get an interview opportunity and a severe employment situation, Chinese netizens pushed the topic "a large group of people can't find jobs and this must be resolved" onto Weibo's trending list during the long holiday.
On October 2, when searching for "social security" on Weibo, the page displayed a notice that the topic's content was not shown.
Ahead of the National Day holiday, a topic on Weibo opposing make-up workdays during the holiday garnered 360 million views and 120,000 discussions, and workers' dissatisfaction with holiday shifting, low wages, and excessive overtime has spawned consumer boycotts and rights defense through legal channels.
On September 29, the Weibo account “Xin Zhi Song Gu” was banned, showing the message “for being reported for violating laws and regulations and the relevant provisions of the Weibo Community Convention.” The ban prompted netizens to question the basis and legitimacy of the suspension.