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Depends on if a cloud server in China counts as publishing content. If so, China's massive dragnet of regulation because of their information suppression laws

Depends on if a cloud server in China counts as publishing content. If so, China's massive dragnet of regulation because of their information suppression laws probably gives foreign companies pause at putting up infrastructure in china. I can imagine a DMCA-like law that has no safe harbor and just has liability for accidentally hosting information that is deemed to be needing suppression.

contingencies 10y ago
China makes you register your site and who operates it, which is fairly straightforward, but in reality everything is pretty light touch really. If the government found something they weren't happy with, they'd give you a call or pay you a visit and explain. You don't argue, take it down, don't make a mess again. It's no big deal. Just don't go hosting Free Tibet or Tiananmen tell-alls and you're fine. It's no different to the west, really. One could even say here they're more transparent.
- cthalupa 10y ago
  You have to register your site and your details with a government that has shown a heavy hand when it comes to censorship. Definitely no different than the west. Definitely more transparent. People host all sorts of stuff that decries their governments in the West, talks about how awful their actions are, etc etc etc, all without being taken down. You're REALLY sipping the kool-aid if you think that what you're describing is remotely similar to the west.
  - contingencies 10y ago
    Really, the policing is very light touch. Just because you have to register, doesn't mean the information is used or checked. You don't have to register if your site is overseas, but then if the government doesn't like it they will block it for those without VPNs... but everyone has a VPN. People here talk plenty about politics, and always in the negative. It's just that publishing serious criticism is generally off-limits. Academics and motivated journalists can do it, but they know where the line is. Normal people don't, because they know it won't do any good. That, to my eyes, is more transparent.

contingencies 10y ago

China makes you register your site and who operates it, which is fairly straightforward, but in reality everything is pretty light touch really. If the government found something they weren't happy with, they'd give you a call or pay you a visit and explain. You don't argue, take it down, don't make a mess again. It's no big deal. Just don't go hosting Free Tibet or Tiananmen tell-alls and you're fine. It's no different to the west, really. One could even say here they're more transparent.

cthalupa 10y ago
You have to register your site and your details with a government that has shown a heavy hand when it comes to censorship. Definitely no different than the west. Definitely more transparent. People host all sorts of stuff that decries their governments in the West, talks about how awful their actions are, etc etc etc, all without being taken down. You're REALLY sipping the kool-aid if you think that what you're describing is remotely similar to the west.
- contingencies 10y ago
  Really, the policing is very light touch. Just because you have to register, doesn't mean the information is used or checked. You don't have to register if your site is overseas, but then if the government doesn't like it they will block it for those without VPNs... but everyone has a VPN. People here talk plenty about politics, and always in the negative. It's just that publishing serious criticism is generally off-limits. Academics and motivated journalists can do it, but they know where the line is. Normal people don't, because they know it won't do any good. That, to my eyes, is more transparent.