A new social media platform has launched that seeks to fill a gap in the market by being family friendly. Enter Ganjing World. Founded with the goal to provide a new form of clean social media - the name translates to "clean world." The company seeks to create a digital town square that is family-friendly. The platform is gearing up to launch its English version on August 8th. The company, which recently relocated from California to Middletown, New York, was founded by Chinese dissidents who fled the persecution of Falun Gong under the Chinese communist regime. So far the platform has been publishing videos in Chinese, covering a wide range of topics, including lifestyle, arts, culture, and videos that expose the atrocities committed by the Chinese communist party. Political censorship on big tech platforms has growm rampant in recent years. Ganjing Word sees itself as a different place, one where people have honest conversations while uplifted. Ganjing World's four guidelines are: "No violence, no pornography, no crime, and no drugs or harm." Besides these, people are free to air their views and share about their life without fear of censorship. "We want to create a 'Ganjing World' to change the digital world today...and provide a clean internet space in both technology and content that can be enjoyed by families and children, "Chiu said. At the ribbon cutting ceremony earlier this month, Middletown's Mayor Joseph DeStefano welcomed Ganjing World's launch, which he described as a "win for our city and a win for our region."
