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If I am not wrong, the situation in Iran/Syria was due to sanctions imposed by the U.S. government, not by censorship demanded by those countries. See the recen
by fesoliveira 7y ago
If I am not wrong, the situation in Iran/Syria was due to sanctions imposed by the U.S. government, not by censorship demanded by those countries. See the recent situation with Adobe and Venezuela for something similar going on.
- stunt 7y agoIndeed it isn't a fair comparison. What companies can do about it? They have to comply with trade control laws and we can't boycott companies for complying with the law. In the other hand probably some pro government Chinese could argue that was incitement or act of encouraging violence. So probably it depends who you are asking.
- fesoliveira 7y agoI think in this case we could argue that Activision Blizzard is an American company and it is obliged to follow U.S. trade laws, but not Chinese laws. A trade embargo is also something that multiple countries agree and abide to, so it can't really be seen as censorship in the same level as Chinese censorship. And while I understand the appeal of the Chinese market, that thirst for profit should not trump values that the company imposes on itself, which in this case are "Every voice matters" and "Think globally". Nor should the company go against the values of the country it belongs to, in this case the democratic values of the U.S..
- bcrosby95 7y agoThe interesting thing is this occurred in Taiwan. So the answer of whether China has jurisdiction here is an intensely political question. Heck, you're not even supposed to call it Taiwan - it's Chinese Taipei. If you have a market in both China and Taiwan, you're getting into politics. There's no way around it.
- Miner49er 7y agoIt's censorship demanded by the U.S. government though.
- vonmoltke 7y agoNo, it isn't. It's cessation of economic activity that is demanded.
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