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I'm curious if this is really censorship or just a play to further enhance the position of Chinese messaging apps' monopolies. Question is why wouldn't the US
by hw 9y ago
I'm curious if this is really censorship or just a play to further enhance the position of Chinese messaging apps' monopolies.
Question is why wouldn't the US block Chinese sites, apps and services like WeChat, Alibaba, Baidu, etc?
- FabHK 9y agoCross-border chats that previously used WhatsApp will now be forced to switch to WeChat, and thus be subject to Chinese gov't monitoring. Also leading to more international installs of WeChat. If US blocked those sites, nobody would care, except those with ties to China. However, it would be easy to circumvent with VPNs etc., unless of course the US duplicated the GFW. At any rate, that's rather antithetical to US values.