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Am chinese National. Personally I think it's a double edged sword. It's basically protectionism but for information. On one hand censorship hinders internal tr
by hungryhobo 6y ago
Am chinese National. Personally I think it's a double edged sword. It's basically protectionism but for information.
On one hand censorship hinders internal transparency and makes it difficult to hold the government accountable. On the other hand information warfare is a thing, especially between geopolitical rivals, censorship is a cheap way to mitigate against them.
For what it's worth, there are increasing voices within the chinese government that are advocating for removing the great firewall because the new generation of chinese are more and more confident with their own political system.
- pca006132 6y agoBut I see the GFW getting more advanced :) And I think that it may be more justifiable if the censorship is also towards fake information and hate speech, but sadly this isn't quite true (check weibo or something). This is purely something political.
- hungryhobo 6y agoIf we are just talking about GFW I actually think people will eventually realize the CCP got it right all along, data is the new oil, and other government are just too incompetent to protect it.