Last month, China tightened its control over Christian content within cyberspace by banning Christian videos and taking down Christian music and articles.
During this year’s Easter which fell in early April, some Christian WeChat accounts said it was much harder to upload Christian videos unto the popular social media platform. A week before the Holy Week, a Christian public account revealed that videos about the Passion Week were passed and released on Palm Sunday, but after that, relevant videos failed to be uploaded.
A notice released on April 14 declared that music with sensitive religious lyrics would be removed as music platforms such as Kugou and Kuwo changed their auditing rules. Many shared playlists containing sacred music or Christian hymns were re-audited or removed on Netease Cloud Music, a freemium music streaming service. Playlists of Hillsong and classic worship music were deleted.
Some WeMedia accounts on Douban, a Chinese social networking service website allowing users to record information and create content, added that some Christian articles were taken down there.
Several popular Christian WeChat accounts with titles concerning “Bible” or “gospel” were removed on April 29. Any search using keywords including “Christ (jidu in Chinese),” “gospel,” and “fellowship” fails to get any Christianity-related public accounts.
2021.4月简报
一、本月主题：
互联网基督教空间大为压缩
1.4.4复活节期间,多个基督教微信公众号的视频无法上传成功
复活节期间，一些基督徒公众号反映说，上传视频明显难了很多。有的是受难周前一周就开始发现这一现象，有的是3.28棕枝主日开始时通过了相关视频，但随后的受难周系列视频就不能上传到微信了。
2. 多个音乐平台下架赞美诗
4月14日有通知说，因酷狗、酷我近日更改审核规则，但凡有敏感宗教歌词内容，均采取下架措施。
另外，在网易云音乐上，不少和圣乐、赞美诗有关的共享歌单被重新审核或下架，比如Hillsong的音乐单，或古典音乐中关于崇拜的音乐等。
3. 豆瓣上下架基督教主题多篇文章
4月26日，有基督徒的豆瓣号收到通知，四篇2014年有关北京锡安教会的文章被下架。
第三个变成豆瓣等一些自媒体也被反映下架了一个基督教文章
4.多个圣经、福音关键字做标题的微信公众号被封
2021.4.29，多个基督教微信公众号大号被关停，其中多以“福音”、“圣经”为标题中的关键字，其中包括福音时代、圣经百科、福音tv、福音影视城、福音联盟、微读圣经、古旧福音、圣经学习、铸剑为犁等。其中福音时代是福音时报2020年被封后的新开通的号。圣经百科被封后于4月30日新开封的“圣经百科 每日更新”的信号在5.2日再次被封。
4月中国加强互联网上基督教内容的管理
Last month, China tightened its control over Christian content within cyberspace by banning Christian videos and taking down Christian music and articles.
During this year’s Easter which fell in early April, some Christian WeChat accounts said it was much harder to upload Christian videos unto the popular social media platform. A week before the Holy Week, a Christian public account revealed that videos about the Passion Week were passed and released on Palm Sunday, but after that, relevant videos failed to be uploaded.
A notice released on April 14 declared that music with sensitive religious lyrics would be removed as music platforms such as Kugou and Kuwo changed their auditing rules. Many shared playlists containing sacred music or Christian hymns were re-audited or removed on Netease Cloud Music, a freemium music streaming service. Playlists of Hillsong and classic worship music were deleted.
Some WeMedia accounts on Douban, a Chinese social networking service website allowing users to record information and create content, added that some Christian articles were taken down there.
Several popular Christian WeChat accounts with titles concerning “Bible” or “gospel” were removed on April 29. Any search using keywords including “Christ (jidu in Chinese),” “gospel,” and “fellowship” fails to get any Christianity-related public accounts.
China Tightens Control Over Christian Content Within Cyberspace
