scorecardBlogger Fang Bin also got a call from the police in Wuhan. Authorities confiscated his laptop from his home on February 1 and brought him in for questioning. Fang filmed the encounter.
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  5. Blogger Fang Bin also got a call from the police in Wuhan. Authorities confiscated his laptop from his home on February 1 and brought him in for questioning. Fang filmed the encounter.

Blogger Fang Bin also got a call from the police in Wuhan. Authorities confiscated his laptop from his home on February 1 and brought him in for questioning. Fang filmed the encounter.

Fang told The Los Angeles Times that authorities ordered him to stop posting "rumors" that would "spread panic" online.

The police released him the next morning. Fang posted a video suggesting that he was released because of the outpouring of support for his freedom on social media.

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