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China starts campaign to remove 'negative' online contentCEFR A1
6 Oct 2025
Adapted from Oiwan Lam, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Guang Yang, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
1 min
47 words
- The Cyberspace Administration starts a campaign.
- The campaign begins on September 22.
- It lasts for two months.
- It covers social media and video sites.
- It targets posts that spread antagonism.
- Some influencers lose their accounts.
- Platforms remove many posts and comments.
- Officials say this stops online harassment.
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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