Jiqiang Feng | Innora AI SecurityOn April 1, my WeChat Official Account was banned until April 16.
The ban notice cited a specific article: "As a Chinese citizen, I formally reported Alipay to the CAC."
That article was deleted from the platform on March 20 — 12 days before the ban.
Ant Group's law firm filed a complaint to have it removed. WeChat's own moderation formally rejected that complaint. Then deleted the articles anyway. Then banned the account for content that no longer existed.
The next day, April 2, three Chinese ministries (CAC + MIIT + MPS) announced an enforcement campaign targeting App/SDK data collection — the exact practices documented in the research they tried to suppress.
Timeline:
Mar 6 — Ant Group: "cannot be practically exploited"
Mar 15-25 — 9 articles deleted from WeChat
Mar 25 — CAC Data Bureau: "organizing a verification"
Apr 1 — Account banned for already-deleted content
Apr 2 — Three-ministry enforcement campaign announced
Full timeline with evidence: https://innora.ai/zfb/article_censorship.html
