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Disinformation being defined as "disagreeing with official government statements"

• pphysch 6y ago
  China blocked Facebook following the deadly 2009 Ürümqi terrorist attacks because Facebook was negligently allowing ETIM-backed groups to spread disinformation and hatred via their platform. Facebook subsequently refused to filter such content and the ban continues to this day. Control over the Xinjiang/Uyghur narrative is paramount in the "New Cold War" declared against China by Pompeo this July, so Facebook's actions are not surprising.
• Spivak 6y ago
  You can hold both of these opinions. - If you wish to do business in a country you must follow their laws. - The laws of a country are unjust, oppressive and the government that enacted them is corrupt.
  • seanmcdirmid 6y ago
    China is not a "rule of law" country. Their constitution has a strong guarantee for freedom of speech, for example, but this is meaningless because they don't have an independent judiciary. They do have "rule by law", which basically mean law is used as a means for the officials to accomplish whatever goals they are interested in (vs. rule of law where laws are interpreted independently of goals). > The laws of a country are unjust, oppressive and the government that enacted them is corrupt. The laws of a country could be completely just and unoppressive, but it doesn't really matter unless the judiciary has the will and power to use them in the people's best interest.