China Launches Anti-Negativity Campaign Against Online Influencers and TrollsCEFR A1
6 Oct 2025
Adapted from Oiwan Lam, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Guang Yang, Unsplash
AI-assisted adaptation of the original article, simplified for language learners.
- China is starting a new campaign.
- This campaign is to stop negativity online.
- It began on September 22, 2023.
- Online influencers are being targeted by this campaign.
- The aim is to reduce anger and pessimism.
- People who talk about problems in society may get banned.
Difficult words
- campaign — a planned series of activitiesthis campaign
- negativity — the quality of being negative or pessimistic
- influencer — a person who has the power to affect othersinfluencers
- aim — the goal or purpose of something
- to reduce — to make something less in amount
- anger — a strong feeling of annoyance
- pessimism — the tendency to see the worst in things
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Discussion questions
- What do you think of the idea to stop negativity online?
- Can stopping negativity improve online spaces?
- How might influencers feel about being targeted?
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