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There was a very narrow attempt at this where t-shirts with messaging on them were given out to people going to sit and watch NBA games that would be broadcast

by loceng 6y ago

There was a very narrow attempt at this where t-shirts with messaging on them were given out to people going to sit and watch NBA games that would be broadcast [in China]. They'd remove people initially if they didn't take off the shirts but in places like Toronto where you'd have many people wearing them and too much backlash, they just stopped having cameras showing the spectators in the stands.

inglor_cz 6y ago
There seems to be some space for flooding Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with photos and short clips taken by activist fans. The NBA bosses would then have to attempt to ban people from carrying their mobile phones to a game - a measure very unlikely to succeed.
- RugnirViking 6y ago
  None of those platforms are available in China, sadly.
  - throwaway3699 6y ago
    There is a point to it though, enough information is likely to leak through. GFW is not perfect.
loceng 6y ago
Here's an example video of an NBA game where this occurs, serendipitously trending on Reddit currently: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/mj6lep/this_kid_baiting_the_broadcast_into_flashing_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/mj6lep/th... The CCP wants to prevent the truth from getting out. We can't have a wild west where people can irrationally incite violence based on lies/propaganda of bad actors. We also can't allow a single government entity the power to control or manage that fully - as that is easy for tyrants to takeover - or their preferred method of implementation. There's nuance to the solution - however we must educate society fully on this, as part of military-security efforts - to secure freedom and democracy. Part of countering this needs to be full-time people working to counter the propaganda and educating the population that see it and may be impacted by it; some 3 letter agencies may already be monitoring it but it should be a public, fully transparent effort, where there are counter-propagandists who are known and engage actively on social media, etc.

by loceng 6y ago

inglor_cz 6y ago

There seems to be some space for flooding Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with photos and short clips taken by activist fans. The NBA bosses would then have to attempt to ban people from carrying their mobile phones to a game - a measure very unlikely to succeed.

RugnirViking 6y ago
None of those platforms are available in China, sadly.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  There is a point to it though, enough information is likely to leak through. GFW is not perfect.

loceng 6y ago

Here's an example video of an NBA game where this occurs, serendipitously trending on Reddit currently: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/mj6lep/this_kid_baiting_the_broadcast_into_flashing_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/mj6lep/th... The CCP wants to prevent the truth from getting out. We can't have a wild west where people can irrationally incite violence based on lies/propaganda of bad actors. We also can't allow a single government entity the power to control or manage that fully - as that is easy for tyrants to takeover - or their preferred method of implementation. There's nuance to the solution - however we must educate society fully on this, as part of military-security efforts - to secure freedom and democracy. Part of countering this needs to be full-time people working to counter the propaganda and educating the population that see it and may be impacted by it; some 3 letter agencies may already be monitoring it but it should be a public, fully transparent effort, where there are counter-propagandists who are known and engage actively on social media, etc.