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# We Chat deletes dozens of student-led LGBTQ+ accounts
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/we-chat-deletes-dozens-of-student-led-lgbtq-accounts/
- Published: 2021-07-08T10:35:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-08T10:35:22.000Z
- Description: We Chat has deleted numerous LGBTQ+ accounts led by college and university students without warning.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, China, LGBTQ, social media, US

**We Chat**, the largest social media platform in **China**, has deleted numerous LGBTQ+ accounts led by college and university students without warning, sparking fears that the government is censoring LGBTQ+ content. According to [*Reuters*](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-wechat-deletes-university-lgbt-accounts-2021-07-07/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the app began to block users from accessing their accounts on **Tuesday July 6**, with one saying: *“They censored us without any warning. All of us have been wiped out.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/china-lgbt-1.jpg)

A meeting was supposedly held in May to discuss the loyalty of LGBTQ+ university groups to the government, but it is unclear which universities took part. Another We Chat account leader told the [*Associated Press*](https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-technology-e4d565c04b5683be1263a2d90befe494?ref=scenemag.co.uk) that university officials told students to shut down any LGBTQ+ related social media groups. She claimed that universities were told by authorities to investigate any LGBTQ+ or women’s rights organisations on campus so as to *“maintain stability”*.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shanghai-pride-rainbow-flag-600.jpg)

It is not yet clear if the government has played a role in the deletion of the accounts. In response to the situation, US state department spokesperson [Ned Price](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-official-speaks-on-the-importance-of-lgbtq-representation/) – the first out gay man to have been appointed to the government role – said the Biden administration opposes *“the use of network restrictions to suppress freedom of expression online”* in China or anywhere else.