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The great firewall of China came because China wanted to police US social media operating in China but weren't able to. That it acted as a major enabler for Chi
by chvid 6y ago
The great firewall of China came because China wanted to police US social media operating in China but weren't able to. That it acted as a major enabler for China's own social media boom is (at least initially) an unintended side-effect.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoIt is certainly not unintended. Even without their will to control information for political purposes they would have not allowed such a key industry to be controlled by foreign players, and they have a strategy of creating a strong national industry in all sectors.
- chvid 6y agoThe ban of Facebook in 2009 was clearly a result of the Chinese authorities not being able to stop the spread of "misinformation" which they saw as a major factor in the Xinjiang riots of that year.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoIt's part of a comprehensive strategy that includes creating domestic companies.