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There are some qualifiers around this alarming headline. According to this story [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-set-to-ban-all-foreign-me
by natch 11y ago
There are some qualifiers around this alarming headline.
According to this story [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-set-to-ban-all-foreign-media-from-publishing-online-a6883366.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-set-to-ba...]:
'This ban covers words, pictures, maps, games, animation and sound of an "informational and thoughtful nature" -- unless they have approval from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.'
Still it's very onerous but not a complete shutdown.
- ripdog 11y agoUh, exactly what part of a foreign-invested news site would NOT fall under those criteria? The site map? This is a wholesale ban.
- natch 11y agoYou're only focusing on news sites, which of course are important. And yes it's (effectively) a ban on news sites, but not necessarily on non-news sites.