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"have you ever thought twice about WeChat posts and communications, whether they'll be deemed "acceptable" to censors?" Many Chinese do indeed think about this
by gaoshan 6y ago
"have you ever thought twice about WeChat posts and communications, whether they'll be deemed "acceptable" to censors?"
Many Chinese do indeed think about this. I've heard people quite literally say, "Don't put that in the chat, we don't want trouble". I've seen group chats get blocked for saying the "wrong" thing.
I also hate to see the US essentially giving credence to China's approach of blocking things by following suit. The US could take the high road (there are a number of legal approaches that would help and still be "American" in spirit) but has chosen to take the bait instead.
- toomanybeersies 6y ago> Don't put that in the chat, we don't want trouble I've heard people say exactly the same thing about Facebook. I guess the difference is that it's usually in regards to incriminating messages (e.g. drugs), and not censorship of ideological speech. Self-censoring on non-secure, non-anonymous messaging platforms, and especially in group chats, is not necessarily a bad thing. Consider anything you write in a group chat as public, because there's it easily could be.