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Foreigners have actually been barred from Chinese livestreaming platforms since Jan 2017, when the central government mandated that they would henceforth be required to register with authorities.
#Thread based on a story @SixthTone did at the time that could not be published: 1/
#Thread based on a story @SixthTone did at the time that could not be published: 1/
In early 2017, foreign users of livestreaming apps like gay social networking platform #Blued and Weibo-backed #Yizhibo began receiving notices that their accounts were suspended. 2/
Why? A notice from the Ministry of Culture had said that all online broadcasts should “be beneficial to the promotion of socialist core values” … 3/ 
