Although Sina Weibo is a hit in China, there is no doubt it’s a knockoff from Twitter. Source said this knockoff is trying to hit the world market by launching the English version soon within 2-3 months. They have already released the English version iPhone app for users. And they have 140 million registered users.
However, Sina Weibo does not have freedom of speech. You can’t talk bad things about Chinese government or other sensitive issues. It’s a big question whether Sina will apply censorship to other countries that have freedom of speech. Those countries have laws to require all the website to be completely open.
Even if they may launch the English site, we highly don’t recommend using it. It’s fully monitored by the officials.
[via The Next Web]
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