Microblogging in China been arrested and controlled by the Chinese government, is one of the most active Chinese microbloggers on Twitter. Twitter users include Chinese nationals, who participated in, or led, the Chinese democracy movement that took place on June 4, 1989, such as Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner and a political prisoner in China. Microblogging services such as PornToot are also banned in China due to their lack of censorship. Weibo's most significant competition is rival microblogging service, WeChat, as of 2014 the country's leading messaging application. Below is an alphabetical list of notable China-based microblogging/weibo services: Microblogging in
Internet censorship in China As a result, the English language name of John Oliver (although not the Chinese version) was censored on Weibo and other sites on the Chinese internet. Foreign content providers such as Yahoo!, AOL, and Skype must abide by Chinese government wishes, including having internal content monitors, in order to be able to operate within mainland China. Also, in accordance with mainland Chinese laws, Microsoft began to censor the content of its blog service Windows Live Spaces, arguing that continuing to provide Internet services is more beneficial to the Chinese. Chinese journalist Michael Anti's blog on Windows Live Spaces was censored