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Jeez they even tried to get a song removed from Apple Music? I wonder how much other stuff China was able to suppress without anyone noticing.

brightball 7y ago
When people believe that suppressing speech is the correct course of action, there's really no telling where it ends.
- mtgx 7y ago
  True. The recent trend of regular people demanding online platforms to remove "fake news" or other offending content has been quite worrisome, mainly because we don't know where it will end. The US government is already trying to take advantage of this by conflating the encryption debate with the content moderation debate. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191007/00022343132/doj-is-conflating-content-moderation-debate-with-encryption-debate-dont-let-them.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191007/00022343132/doj-i...
noja 7y ago
If they are worried about a song, it makes them look very weak indeed.
- perlpimp 7y ago
  a movie started a democratic movement that ended in Tiananmen massacre so yeah.
  - Robotbeat 7y ago
    What movie is that?
- vinceguidry 7y ago
  Please allow me to direct your attention to this small event in Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution If looking weak to Westerners was ever on CCP's priority list, it couldn't have been anywhere high.
- La1n 7y ago
  I feel weird about all the China outrage currently. Some of it feels very hypocritical. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nbc-license-ban-tweet-cnn-shut-down-fake-news-threat-latest-a7994861.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31/a-song-that-calls-britains-theresa-may-a-liar-is-climbing-the-charts-but-it-isnt-being-played-on-the-radio/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31...
  - baq 7y ago
    Rightly so but this thread is about China. What you’re doing is whataboutism.
  - toxik 7y ago
    Not sure if shill or just really disconnected? Trump saying outrageous stuff with little to no actual consequence is a FAR cry from the dictatorship of China.

brightball 7y ago

When people believe that suppressing speech is the correct course of action, there's really no telling where it ends.

mtgx 7y ago
True. The recent trend of regular people demanding online platforms to remove "fake news" or other offending content has been quite worrisome, mainly because we don't know where it will end. The US government is already trying to take advantage of this by conflating the encryption debate with the content moderation debate. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191007/00022343132/doj-is-conflating-content-moderation-debate-with-encryption-debate-dont-let-them.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191007/00022343132/doj-i...

noja 7y ago

If they are worried about a song, it makes them look very weak indeed.

perlpimp 7y ago
a movie started a democratic movement that ended in Tiananmen massacre so yeah.
- Robotbeat 7y ago
  What movie is that?
vinceguidry 7y ago
Please allow me to direct your attention to this small event in Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution If looking weak to Westerners was ever on CCP's priority list, it couldn't have been anywhere high.
La1n 7y ago
I feel weird about all the China outrage currently. Some of it feels very hypocritical. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nbc-license-ban-tweet-cnn-shut-down-fake-news-threat-latest-a7994861.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31/a-song-that-calls-britains-theresa-may-a-liar-is-climbing-the-charts-but-it-isnt-being-played-on-the-radio/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31...
- baq 7y ago
  Rightly so but this thread is about China. What you’re doing is whataboutism.
- toxik 7y ago
  Not sure if shill or just really disconnected? Trump saying outrageous stuff with little to no actual consequence is a FAR cry from the dictatorship of China.