Less than a week after mentions of John Oliver were censored in China after the comedian criticised president Xi Jinping, the country has blocked HBO’s website.
It’s common for Internet activity to be censored in China with millions reportedly employed to swiftly remove posts considered politically incorrect.
The Guardian add that HBO Asia – which airs HBO content via a subscription service owned by Tencent – has also been blocked.
Anti-censorship group Greatfire.org reports that the website for the American network (which hosts the comedian’s show Last Week Tonight), has been inaccessible since Saturday.