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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Twitter has locked the account of China\u2019s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China\u2019s policy towards Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, which the U.S. social media platform said violated its stand against \u201cdehumanizing\u201d people.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A Twitter logo is seen outside the company headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., January 11, 2021. REUTERS\/Stephen Lam<\/figcaption>

China\u2019s Foreign Ministry said it was confused by the move and that it was the embassy\u2019s responsibility to call out disinformation and clarify the truth.<\/p>\n

The Chinese Embassy account, @ChineseEmbinUS, posted a tweet this month that said that Uighur women had been emancipated and were no longer \u201cbaby-making machines\u201d, citing a study reported by state-backed newspaper China Daily.<\/p>\n

The tweet was removed by Twitter and replaced by a label stating that it was no longer available. Although Twitter hides tweets that violate its policies, it requires account owners to manually delete such posts. The Chinese embassy\u2019s account has not posted any new tweets since Jan. 9.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s suspension of the embassy\u2019s account came a day after the Trump administration, in its final hours, accused China of committing genocide in Xinjiang, a finding endorsed by the incoming Biden administration.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Twitter\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve taken action on the Tweet you referenced for violating our policy against dehumanization, where it states: We prohibit the dehumanization of a group of people based on their religion, caste, age, disability, serious disease, national origin, race, or ethnicity,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a e-mailed request for comment. Twitter is blocked in China but is an increasingly favoured platform by China\u2019s diplomats and state media.<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing on Thursday that it was confused by Twitter\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are numerous reports and information relating to Xinjiang that are against China. It\u2019s a responsibility for our embassy in the U.S. to clarify the truth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope they won\u2019t apply double standards on this issue. We hope they can discern what is correct and truthful from disinformation on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

China has repeatedly rejected accusations of abuse in Xinjiang, where a U.N. panel has said at least a million Uighurs and other Muslims had been detained in camps.<\/p>\n

Last year, a report by German researcher Adrian Zenz published by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation think tank accused China of using forced sterilization, forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims. China said the allegations were groundless and false.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s move also follows the removal of the account of former U.S. president Donald Trump, which had 88 million followers, citing the risk of violence after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol this month.<\/p>\n

Twitter locked Trump\u2019s account, asking for deletion of some tweets, before restoring it and then removing it altogether after the former president violated the platform\u2019s policies again.<\/p>\n

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