China's #metoo Movement Dodges Censorship on the Ethereum Blockchain

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The sectors of the economy that blockchain technology has disrupted continues to rise, and now the #metoo movement in China can be added to that list.

Despite the fact that the government has largely banned activities associated with digital currencies, the technology that underpins bitcoin has given #metoo student activists a voice.

Yue Xin, a student at Beijing’s Peking University, attempted to bring to the surface revelations of a sexual assault situation involving a professor and a student from two decades ago, long before she enrolled. Yue was one of a group of students inspired by the #metoo movement to stand up against sexual assault sweeping the globe. They learned the details of the sexual assault after a freedom of information request.

School officials sought to silence her in response, and now student activists fighting back against the censorship have documented the sexual harassment…