Instagram censors Melbourne artist's anti-Beijing post but ignores trolls

Badiucao accuses the social media firm of violating the free speech of people who speak up against China's bullying

A Melbourne artist who posted anti-Chinese government work has had it pulled offline by Instagram, while death threats against him have remained uncensored.

The censorship of Badiucao - and later restoration - by Instagram came as Twitter and Facebook suspended more than 200,000 accounts deemed to be part of a "co-ordinated state-backed operation" of misinformation from the People's Republic of China.