Weibo · Full chronicle and history

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.

A user stated that after posting about suicidal thoughts on Weibo, the police came to their home, asked to see medical records, took them in for questioning, and demanded that they delete their account.

On September 22, Weibo restricted the topic pages for “Jack Latiao” and “rumors of Jack Latiao being stabbed into the ICU,” displaying that the content is not shown due to laws and regulations.

On September 19, discussions about the compensated off-days system topped Weibo's trending list. Netizens and bloggers criticized the system for shuffling weekend days to piece together long holidays, aiming to boost consumption rather than guarantee rest. They noted that the two-day weekend and paid leave systems have long failed to be implemented, leading to increased fatigue among the public. Weibo's official account also interpreted the system's design as being born out of domestic demand-driven motives, triggering strong dissatisfaction among netizens over policies ignoring public opinion.

On September 20, the Weibo topic "Holiday Adjustment and Consumer Boycott" ranked fourth on the social trends list. Shortly after, the topic was censored by the platform, showing that it could not be displayed due to relevant laws, regulations, and policies.

"The extended holiday adjustment is not meant for people to rest, but to boost consumption" surged to the number one spot on Weibo's trending searches. The next day, "holiday adjustment and boycotting consumption" made it to the trending searches before being immediately censored.

On September 13, the WeChat mini‑program “Double‑day weekend purchase” that sparked discussion about companies’ two‑day weekends was blocked from search on Xiaohongshu and Weibo, and entering this term in Xiaohongshu’s comment section results in a violation prompt and failed to send.

On September 11, the Weibo and Xiaohongshu platforms carried out large-scale post deletions and search blocking of discussions related to Sun Meihua, who has been missing for 26 years while searching for her family and is suspected of having been abducted and sold to Cao County, Shandong. The relevant original posts were set to private, and related messages can no longer be found in search results.

On September 7, a netizen tried to share on Weibo that six small dogs ran out of a pet bathhouse, triggering a violation of the rules.

On September 7, 2026, after remarks about removing English's core-subject status sparked heated online debate, the Weibo platform marked related discussion topics such as removing English's core-subject status and education fairness disputes as sensitive words and fully blocked search results.

On September 2, 2026, the topic that the labor law does not stipulate mandatory two-day weekends topped the Weibo trending chart with over 40 million reads, sparking widespread public debate over working hours and the difficulties of defending rights regarding overtime pay.

After a netizen reposted footage and information about the mudslide at Gyirong port released by CCTV and the Xinhua News Agency, Weibo deemed it to contain "violating information of a political current-affairs nature," and the post was restricted to "visible only to oneself."

On August 21, 2026, media reported that a 60-year-old acupuncturist was sentenced to three years and three months for raping an 18-year-old female nurse. Weibo pushed the story onto the trending list under the headline that the victim had not cried out for help, drawing criticism from netizens of victim-blaming.

On August 18, 2026, affected by the gathering conflict at Chongqing Times Fengjun, the Sina Weibo platform imposed search blocking and traffic throttling on discussion topics related to "Chongqing men gathering to openly insult women."

On August 15, 2026, netizens discovered that the Sina Weibo platform had suddenly shut down its feminist super topic community, resulting in a ban on the long-standing community space where gender issues were discussed.

In July 2026, the gender-irony viral term “Sanshuai,” a satirical coinage by male netizens, and related deconstruction topics were jointly censored, blocked, and banned from search on mainstream domestic social platforms including Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Weibo.

On June 11, 2026, the Sina Weibo platform banned and removed an interview video of gaokao students and related search topics concerning raising the statutory age of sexual consent to 18.

On May 26, 2026, the Sina Weibo account "Xianzi and Her Friends" of Xianzi, the feminist activist who had publicly accused CCTV host Zhu Jun of sexual harassment, was formally banned by the platform on the grounds of violating laws, regulations, and the community convention.

On December 5, netizens discovered that after “Diao Maihu” and “She Japan,” Weibo was also circulating euphemisms for Xi Jinping such as “i in ing,” “she dripping,” “shejumping,” and “skipping,” and that these had already been automatically indexed by the algorithm into search suggestions.

The CCP has completed its control over large companies such as ByteDance and Weibo through 'golden shares,' which hold a very low percentage of equity but possess veto power.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television called out Sina Weibo, AcFun, and Phoenix New Media, ordering them to halt audiovisual program services and carry out comprehensive rectification, pointing out that they extensively broadcast non-compliant current affairs audiovisual programs and social commentary programs.

After the Wenzhou train collision triggered an uncontrollable wave of public opinion on Weibo, the central government began implementing real-name registration for Weibo and strengthened public opinion control under the guise of combating rumors.

On August 14, 2009, Sina Weibo began closed beta testing; on September 25, it officially added @, direct messages, comments, and reposting functions.