The Speech Censorship special topic is used to aggregate articles, forum discussions, and materials related to "speech censorship" within Fanzei Net, helping readers conduct continuous reading and systematic understanding around the same issue.
On September 20, the Yibin Sanjiang Public Security Bureau announced that a 33-year-old man surnamed Lin was administratively detained and fined for fabricating and spreading a rumor online that an employee at the Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) Yibin base was forbidden by a shift supervisor from using the restroom. Previously, on September 10, REPT BATTERO had clarified that the employee had lost emotional control due to a resignation dispute, and the claim about restricted restroom access was untrue.
On September 18, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice requiring platforms to clean up negative information inconsistent with official corporate statements, and categorized behaviors such as parodying corporate logos, products, and entrepreneurs' portraits as false and misleading handling scopes, demanding platforms to implement whole-process audits and strict handling of enterprise-related information.
On September 18, Study Times, the official newspaper of the CCP Central Committee Party School, published an article pointing out that public opinion has become a high-risk explosion point for social conflicts. It criticized the government for its habitual avoidance of responsibility, suggested channeling emotions through empathy and apologies, and called for incorporating public opinion management into the national governance system.
On September 17, it was circulated online that the Justice Bureau of Puan County, Guizhou Province, issued a notice requiring local lawyers, when handling cases related to cracking down on organized crime, to report to the county justice bureau for study and obtain approval before they can present defense arguments that involve changing the characterization of a crime, and demanding that all law firms strictly enforce this.
On September 11, the developer of the "Double Weekend Shopping" app changed their social media account name to "Lazy Cow" and posted a call for conscious maintenance of national cybersecurity, sparking speculation and heated discussion among netizens about the compliance of the "double weekend" policy.
On September 10, a user posted an article accusing domestic film and television and social platforms of double standards in reviewing homosexual content, with positive emotional content being restricted or removed, while content linking the homosexual group with negative labels can be spread normally, attracting attention.
On September 10, 2026, Tibet Cyber Police announced multiple cases of penalties for online comments regarding the Gyirong mudslide disaster. The netizens involved were given administrative penalties by police in Tibet, Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Guangdong, for fabricating that the mudslide was man-made or induced by an earthquake, maliciously comparing it to rescue efforts in other countries to distort the effectiveness of China's disaster relief, fabricating that all public officials had died in the line of duty, and spreading false rumors.
The Economist published an article analyzing the current state of speech censorship in China, pointing out that articles discussing the boundaries of expression are being deleted, society has fallen into a state of high self-censorship, and the CCP is using this to consolidate control.
The video mentions that mainland China will tighten entry and exit management on September 15, 2026. This move is seen as synchronized with the previously introduced “Anti-National Unity Bill”, aiming to provide authorities with legal grounds to control and detain individuals at entry and exit points, especially those deemed to have “insulted China or the CCP”.
On July 28 and 29, Banyuantan, a magazine supervised by the Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee, published two videos on Douyin criticizing public opinion handling tactics such as "blocking and deleting posts" and "confusing the public." After the videos were released, the comment section was heavily scrubbed, leaving only a few comments.
Chinese scholars Wang Hong and Deng Yu won the Fields Medal. When Peking University reposted the relevant report, it quietly deleted Deng Yu's answer regarding his overseas experience, sparking attention from netizens.
On the 50th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, has implemented temporary restrictions on "low, slow, and small" aircraft; foreign media predict that Xi Jinping will attend the commemorative event.
The official WeChat account of Peking University quietly deleted the response regarding encouraging students to have overseas experience from an interview with Deng Yu.
In Chengdu, Sichuan, a youth wearing a V for Vendetta mask braved a rainstorm to successfully reach the top of Chengdu's tallest building, Shufeng 468, and ignited a red signal flare.
At the rescue site of the landslide disaster in Pengshui, Chongqing, search and rescue personnel discovered the wreckage of the missing passenger minibus and human remains, and are currently conducting DNA testing to confirm identities.