Obama Google+ page flooded with Chinese human rights pleas

Hundreds of Chinese have flooded US President Barack Obama’s Google+ page, apparently taking advantage of a glitch in China’s censorship system to post about human rights and green cards.

Google+ — the US internet giant’s social networking site — has been unavailable in China since it was launched last year, apparently blocked by the nation’s strict censorship system, dubbed “the Great Firewall of China”.

But over the past few days, Chinese internet users say they have unexpectedly managed to get onto the site, and have decided to concentrate their presence on Obama’s page.