Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on April 12, 2018 that fans of a humorous video app shut down by the ruling Chinese Communist Party for "vulgar content" staged traffic-stopping and horn-honking protests around the country on April 12. RFA claimed video footage seen by it showed a group of singing protesters, waving their lit-up smartphones, gathered outside the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) late on April 11 after the agency ordered the removal of the Neihan Duanzi app from app stores. In Yichuan county in Henan province a group of people held up a banner expressing support for "Duanzi friends" everywhere while a man shouted out a coded slogan linked to the online community. In Jiangsu province, rows of cars with headlights and hazard lights flashing were seen stationary in the middle of a highway, while people stood holding a banner supporting "Duanzi friends" in the middle of the road. Motorists in Hunan province parked up with lights flashing, emitting long honking sounds on their horns, in a protest also related to the removal of the app. Earlier, video footage emerged on Twitter claiming to be of a similar, horn-honking protest in the heart of Beijing, but RFA was unable to verify the video independently.

(Comment: Neihan Duanzi will permanently shut down its app and user accounts at the request of regulatory authorities," according to an Apr. 11 statement displayed on the app's website.)