Chinese censor feted by Mark Zuckerberg is accused of corruption

Lu Wei, powerful and flamboyant former head of China's Cyberspace Administration, is accused of 'serious disciplinary violations'

The former top official for internet censorship in China, who travelled to the heart of Silicon Valley to promote China's vision for the web, is under investigation for corruption, the Communist party's anti-corruption agency has said.

Lu Wei was the powerful and flamboyant head of the Cyberspace Administration of China from 2014 until June 2016 and he came to personify China's model for internet control. He travelled to the United States, meeting with the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon and Apple, and held court when tech titans visited China.