Users of Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging service in China, were given a week to indicate their names in their accounts. "Twisting nuts" is made in order to comply with the new directives of the authorities of China, limiting anonymous online communication.

Similar rules have been in force in China since 2011, but the social network has not implemented them, since it's easier to declare anonymity on the Web than to do it. Many users will most likely leave the social network, where they now communicate under different pseudonyms, than indicate in their account their real names.

All this is due to increased censorship by the Chinese government, which, in addition to issuing a directive on the need to indicate a real name, began last month the struggle with the use of VPN services, and also engaged in further reducing the opportunities for online discussions and restricting the publication of foreign content.

The introduction of the requirement to indicate this name may lead to the decline of Weibo, a Twitter analog in China, which continues to function, despite the increasing censorship and pressure from the authorities. If Weibo really starts deleting the accounts of those who do not provide reliable information about themselves, it can lose millions of users, which now number 340 million.