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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 te
by 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 agoChina 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 agoCoverage 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 agoThese are coverage when it finally failed. What about when it was first implemented? This TC article can't even wait.
- MrQuincle 9y agoPlease, 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.