The attempt to bring a lawsuit against Richard Liu, a household name, has become the most talked about example in recent years.
WeChat accounts in China have been shut or censored after calls to support a Chinese University of Minnesota student who accused a business tycoon of rape.
The accounts were joined to a campaign to back Jingyao Liu after she filed a civil lawsuit against Richard Liu, the chief executive of US-listed e-commerce company JD.com, in a Minneapolis court in April.
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