Editing Internet censorship in China (section)

====Internet censorship of the protest in 2013====
The Chinese government has become more efficient in its Internet regulations since the [[20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]]. On 3 June 2013, Sina Weibo quietly suspended usage of the candle icon from the comment input tool, which netizens used to mourn the dead on forums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Subtle censorship at its finest: Weibo took out candle icon ahead of Tiananmen anniversary|url=http://offbeatchina.com/subtle-censorship-at-its-finest-weibo-took-out-candle-icon-ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary|publisher=Offbeat China|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409030900/http://offbeatchina.com/subtle-censorship-at-its-finest-weibo-took-out-candle-icon-ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary|archive-date=9 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Some searches related to the protest on Chinese website services no longer come up with blank results, but with results that the government had "carefully selected."<ref name="New censorship">{{cite web|title=China Is Experimenting with a New Form of Internet Censorship|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-new-form-of-internet-censorship-replaces-controversial-topics-with-fluff-2013-6|website=Business Insider|access-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409070805/http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-new-form-of-internet-censorship-replaces-controversial-topics-with-fluff-2013-6|archive-date=9 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> These subtle methods of government censorship may cause netizens to believe that their searched materials were not censored.<ref name="New censorship"/>