Attribution Information:

uid - Unique user ID
province - Self-reported province of origin
gender - Self-reported gender
verified - VIP status ("V")


Use of this dataset in publications must be acknowledged by referencing the following publication: 

King-wa Fu, CH Chan, Michael Chau. Assessing Censorship on Microblogs in China: Discriminatory Keyword Analysis and Impact Evaluation of the 'Real Name Registration' Policy. IEEE Internet Computing. 2013; 17(3): 42-50. http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2013.28