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> but about what's amplified and not amplified Makes Chinese ownership in reddit even more concerning, no?

by killjoywashere 7y ago

baq 7y ago
Yes. Frankly I’m surprised the CCP influence on Reddit is not very visible. Tik Tok scares me quite a bit more though.
- Markoff 7y ago
  not visible, been recently to r/worldnews ? everything criticisng China downvoted into oblivion if not straight deleted/banned
  - peteretep 7y ago
    Occam's razor says this is bots rather than anything being done via "official" Reddit channels.
    - akiselev 7y ago
      That's a defining feature of "plausible deniability."
pmachinery 7y ago
It's unfortunate that HN is still plagued with posts like this (and worse) about "Chinese", "China", "CCP" or even "MSS" that would (I hope) not be tolerated for one second if the words were, say, "Jewish", "Israel", "Zionist" or "Mossad".
ngokevin 7y ago
The hatred of China in Western media is amplified to the max. Sometimes I think we're the ones being washed.
- BubRoss 7y ago
  If anything the western media goes easy on China. They have imprisoned a million muslim men and have soldiers living in their homes raping their wives. They've take over the lives of an entire section of the country. There have been articles about it, but it is the making of another holocaust. China is trying to wipe them out. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-monitor-home-shared-bed-report-2019-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-monitor-home-sh...
- robocat 7y ago
  > The hatred of China in Western media That’s a very broad brush. I can see why you might say that about US media, but can you justify saying that about “Western” media?
  - GordonS 7y ago
    Brit here, and we are being spoonfed plenty of anti-Chinese FUD by the mass media too, although certainly not to the same extent as in the US. Corona virus hasn't helped, with plenty idiots blaming China and even calling for revenge. As usual, it's anything to detract from problems closer to home. I work with colleagues in multiple European countries, and have had this conversation - similar anti-Chinese sentiment appears to be being spread in Spain, Norway, Sweden, France and others. Whenever the US picks a boogeyman de jour, Europe is often not too far behind, but always to a lesser extent.

> but about what's amplified and not amplified Makes Chinese ownership in reddit even more concerning, no?

baq 7y ago

Yes. Frankly I’m surprised the CCP influence on Reddit is not very visible. Tik Tok scares me quite a bit more though.

Markoff 7y ago
not visible, been recently to r/worldnews ? everything criticisng China downvoted into oblivion if not straight deleted/banned
- peteretep 7y ago
  Occam's razor says this is bots rather than anything being done via "official" Reddit channels.
  - akiselev 7y ago
    That's a defining feature of "plausible deniability."

pmachinery 7y ago

It's unfortunate that HN is still plagued with posts like this (and worse) about "Chinese", "China", "CCP" or even "MSS" that would (I hope) not be tolerated for one second if the words were, say, "Jewish", "Israel", "Zionist" or "Mossad".

ngokevin 7y ago

The hatred of China in Western media is amplified to the max. Sometimes I think we're the ones being washed.

BubRoss 7y ago
If anything the western media goes easy on China. They have imprisoned a million muslim men and have soldiers living in their homes raping their wives. They've take over the lives of an entire section of the country. There have been articles about it, but it is the making of another holocaust. China is trying to wipe them out. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-monitor-home-shared-bed-report-2019-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-monitor-home-sh...
robocat 7y ago
> The hatred of China in Western media That’s a very broad brush. I can see why you might say that about US media, but can you justify saying that about “Western” media?
- GordonS 7y ago
  Brit here, and we are being spoonfed plenty of anti-Chinese FUD by the mass media too, although certainly not to the same extent as in the US. Corona virus hasn't helped, with plenty idiots blaming China and even calling for revenge. As usual, it's anything to detract from problems closer to home. I work with colleagues in multiple European countries, and have had this conversation - similar anti-Chinese sentiment appears to be being spread in Spain, Norway, Sweden, France and others. Whenever the US picks a boogeyman de jour, Europe is often not too far behind, but always to a lesser extent.