Peppa Pig videos banned on Chinese social media platform for the weirdest reason

Peppa Pig, the sassy anti-whistling British pig of renown, is stirring up trouble in China. She's been dubbed a "subversive" figure associated with the gangster lifestyle of young Chinese adults, and banned from a social media platform there.

SEE ALSO: No, Muslim leaders don't want to ban Peppa Pig

More than 30,000 videos of Peppa that used the hashtag "#PeppaPig" have reportedly been deleted from the website Douyin ("Tik Tok" in English) because, according to an internal memo obtained by CNN, Peppa was "spreading negative social influence."

Peppa Pig blocked on Chinese video app after becoming a 'subculture icon' https://t.co/PYoCCNRGpc by @mikehwalsh with quotes from me pic.twitter.com/jTEU65FIFL

— 💯Fergus Ryan (@fryan) May 1, 2018 Read more...

More about China, Censorship, Peppa Pig, Tik Tok, and Douyin

from Mashable https://ift.tt/2HDHs7f