Caixin and Weibos Block Access to Report on Private/Public Cooperation in Internet Censorship

At 11:41 am on February 18, 2013, the state-sponsored Caixin Magazine posted the following on its verified Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo accounts: [Exclusive Report: The Post Deletion Business] Caixin reporters have discovered that "post deletion" has long-since moved beyond the crude models of earlier years, becoming inter-linked grey industry where senior levels in public relations companies and portal web sites, as well as some overseeing officials, work hand-in-hand. It costs thousands to delete a negative news article, hundreds of thousands in professional fees to get a key word blocked, and those asking to get posts deleted range from users and companies to government officials. 【独家报道:删帖生意】财新记者发现,“删帖”早已脱离了早年的粗放模式,成为一条由公关公司、门户网站中高层甚至部分监管官员联手操纵的灰色产业链。删一条负面新闻要几千上万元,屏蔽关键词业务收费多达百万元,要求删帖的客户既有企业,也有政府官员。 This screenshot shows that, within hours of these posts appearing Sina Weibo began censoring searches for "The post deletion business." (删帖生意) These screensho