Microblogs can quickly aggregate critical voices, which is why authorities have been increasing controls, said Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at the University of California ...

For example, microblogs were quick to report on alleged corruption in the Chinese Red Cross, specifically claims that Guo Meimei, a 21-year-old employee, was spending Red Cross money on sports ...

Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs? I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. Written by Gil Yehuda, Contributor Oct. 5, 2008, 11:23 p.m. PT ...

China Power Microblogs Fight Child Trafficking The case of kidnapped Peng Wenle has shone a spotlight on Chinese microblogs and child begging. By Mu Chunshan February 14, 2011 ...

Friendfeed, a microblogging site, is experimenting with a new layout and a cool new feature: the ability to combine all the same like-minded posts under a single listing. The site’s new layout ...

Chinese sites shut, microblogs suspend comments over 'rumors' Online chatter of military activity in Beijing led to authorities shuttering 16 Web sites, detaining six people, and temporarily ...

China has shut 50 microblogs for distributing pornography and carrying "vulgar content," state media said on Monday, as the government steps up monitoring of the Internet.

Instead, the startup is looking to become something akin to a ‘WordPress for microblogs’. That is to say, they make a platform that others can easily download and install to their own servers.

The Chinese government announced today that it will tighten restrictions on all Internet service providers for blogs, microblogs, and online forums -- forcing them to act as Web police, according ...

Analysts at eMarketer estimate that Twitter's ad revenues more than tripled in 2011, from $45 to $139.5 million, a 210 percent increase. EMarketer predicts ad sales will grow 86.3 percent in 2012 ...

The Times had no indication its microblogs went offline because of the company or its content, or if a technical problem occurred, Smith later said.

(Unlike microblogs, WeChat does not disclose how many subscribe to individual public accounts.) Activists are under no illusion, though, that WeChat accounts are private and secure.