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Well South Korea also requires real name when posting on major websites. I wonder why nobody made a fuss about that when they did it many years ago. https://en

by tfcata 9y ago

Well South Korea also requires real name when posting on major websites. I wonder why nobody made a fuss about that when they did it many years ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_South_Korea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_South...

ekianjo 9y ago
This is about all websites, not just "major ones", at least that is my understand from the article on TC.
- tfcata 9y ago
  as long as the set of 'major ones' remains dynamic, it doesn't matter which one gets censored. Make sense?
westiseast 9y ago
Is your point that S.Korea does it, so it's OK? Or that we're all a bunch of hypocrites and shouldn't comment? This sounds like whataboutism - if you follow the link and read the wikipedia page, it seems like lots of people made lots of fuss about it, including the United Nations, EFF, S.Korean press etc.
- sweep4r 9y ago
  And the Earth keeps spinning.
  - sctb 9y ago
    You've been posting a lot of unsubstantive or uncivil comments. Could you please re-read the guidelines and stop doing this? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tfcata 9y ago
  If you read it careful enough you will notice the criticism cited there includes things like blog posts and UN speeches, nothing comparable to TC articles in terms of range of influence. Now what's so special about this incident so it's worth a whole precious TC headline to make everyone aware of it?
  - computerex 9y ago
    China is quite a bit bigger than South Korea and is placing itself to be a world Superpower. I'd say that's why it's a big deal.
  - MrQuincle 9y ago
    Coverage https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/08/what-south-korea-can-teach-us-about-online-anonymity/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/08/what-south-korea... https://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/08/23/south-korea-scraps-law-requiring-use-real-names-online/ https://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/08/23/south-korea-scraps-la... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/technology/naming-names-on-the-internet.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/technology/naming-name... https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence-that-real-name-policies-fail-to-improve-comments/ https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence...
    - tfcata 9y ago
      These are coverage when it finally failed. What about when it was first implemented? This TC article can't even wait.
      - MrQuincle 9y ago
        Please, search for yourself. There are many articles critizing South Korea censorship, back then and now. It feels like you feel you have to defend the Chinese government. That's your good right, just don't use a strawman. It doesn't make your point stronger.
userbinator 9y ago
I wonder why nobody made a fuss about that when they did it many years ago. SK and a bunch of other countries have censored Internet, but China has the largest population of them all. Anything the world's largest country does, is likely to raise far more scrutiny.
ferongr 9y ago
Our shit doesn't stink.

by tfcata 9y ago

ekianjo 9y ago

This is about all websites, not just "major ones", at least that is my understand from the article on TC.

tfcata 9y ago
as long as the set of 'major ones' remains dynamic, it doesn't matter which one gets censored. Make sense?

westiseast 9y ago

Is your point that S.Korea does it, so it's OK? Or that we're all a bunch of hypocrites and shouldn't comment? This sounds like whataboutism - if you follow the link and read the wikipedia page, it seems like lots of people made lots of fuss about it, including the United Nations, EFF, S.Korean press etc.

sweep4r 9y ago
And the Earth keeps spinning.
- sctb 9y ago
  You've been posting a lot of unsubstantive or uncivil comments. Could you please re-read the guidelines and stop doing this? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tfcata 9y ago
If you read it careful enough you will notice the criticism cited there includes things like blog posts and UN speeches, nothing comparable to TC articles in terms of range of influence. Now what's so special about this incident so it's worth a whole precious TC headline to make everyone aware of it?
- computerex 9y ago
  China is quite a bit bigger than South Korea and is placing itself to be a world Superpower. I'd say that's why it's a big deal.
- MrQuincle 9y ago
  Coverage https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/08/what-south-korea-can-teach-us-about-online-anonymity/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/08/what-south-korea... https://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/08/23/south-korea-scraps-law-requiring-use-real-names-online/ https://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/08/23/south-korea-scraps-la... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/technology/naming-names-on-the-internet.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/technology/naming-name... https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence-that-real-name-policies-fail-to-improve-comments/ https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence...
  - tfcata 9y ago
    These are coverage when it finally failed. What about when it was first implemented? This TC article can't even wait.
    - MrQuincle 9y ago
      Please, search for yourself. There are many articles critizing South Korea censorship, back then and now. It feels like you feel you have to defend the Chinese government. That's your good right, just don't use a strawman. It doesn't make your point stronger.

userbinator 9y ago

I wonder why nobody made a fuss about that when they did it many years ago. SK and a bunch of other countries have censored Internet, but China has the largest population of them all. Anything the world's largest country does, is likely to raise far more scrutiny.

ferongr 9y ago

Our shit doesn't stink.