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    Weibo Bans Users for Smearing Ethiopian Airlines Crash Victim

    Mar 13, 2019

    Chinese microblogging platform Weibo has banned over a dozen user accounts for vilifying a victim of this week’s Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, the social media site announced Tuesday.

    In a statement, Weibo said it deleted the accounts for “personally abusing” a 22-year-old college student from the eastern Zhejiang province, one of eight Chinese nationals killed in Sunday’s crash. The now-banned users had written insulting comments under the most recent post on the student’s Weibo account, targeting her appearance and wealth.

    The aircraft — a Boeing 737 Max 8 — crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. The incident is the second fatal crash involving the airplane model in less than six months. Several countries around the world, including China, have since grounded their 737 Max 8 fleet. (Image: VCG)