The country’s cyber authority is in the midst of a month-long campaign to root out illegal and sensitive content during the Lunar New Year holiday and February’s Winter Olympics. Although the world’s most populous nation decriminalised homosexuality in 1997, same-sex marriage is illegal and LGBTQ issues remain taboo. ‘CENSORSHIP’The LGBTQ community is under pressure as censorship of web content combines with a ban on depictions of gay romance in films. Data from mobile research firm Qimai shows that Grindr was removed from Apple’s App Store in China on Thursday. Searches for the matchmaking ap…
