VIDEO : John Oliver Banned From Chinese Social Media

According to a report by Uproxx, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has been banned from Chinese social media after the show attempted to shine a spotlight on Chinese President Xi Jinping's rise to power. The New York Times reported that attempts to make posts containing the words 'John Oliver' on Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging platform, resulted in an error message claiming the post may violate "rules and regulations.