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>They can't tell other governments to censor anything, so yes? The CCP can and do actively control what the international community says as much as possible, a

>They can't tell other governments to censor anything, so yes? The CCP can and do actively control what the international community says as much as possible, and they have enough money to make the changes happen. If you don't think so, look what happens in public discussions (or even mentions!) on/of Taiwan.

tablespoon 5y ago
Also: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/business/china-internet-police-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/business/china-internet-p... > A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook > Authorities in China have turned to sophisticated investigative software to track and silence obscure critics on overseas social media. Their targets include college students and non-Chinese nationals. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/ch...: > Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter > ...The authorities used a phrase common among China’s internet police that refers to tracking down the actual person behind a social media account: “touching the ground.” > With growing frequency, the country’s internet police have hunted down and threatened internet users who voice their opinions. At first, its agents focused on local social media platforms. In 2018, they began a new campaign to detain users of Twitter inside China — account owners who had found ways around the government’s blocks — and force them to delete their accounts. > Now, the campaign has extended to Chinese citizens who live outside of China. The document spells out how the Shanghai police want to discover the identities of people behind certain accounts and to trace their users’ connections to the mainland. Its officers can then threaten family members in China or detain the account holders when they return to the country in order to compel online critics to delete posts or even entire accounts. It's worth calling out that later article analyzes a "request for bids" by the local Shanghai police, so I don't think it should be read to imply limits on what the Chinese government does, since the scope of a local police force would be limited to stuff that intersects with their jurisdiction.

tablespoon 5y ago

Also: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/business/china-internet-police-twitter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/business/china-internet-p... > A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook > Authorities in China have turned to sophisticated investigative software to track and silence obscure critics on overseas social media. Their targets include college students and non-Chinese nationals. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/ch...: > Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter > ...The authorities used a phrase common among China’s internet police that refers to tracking down the actual person behind a social media account: “touching the ground.” > With growing frequency, the country’s internet police have hunted down and threatened internet users who voice their opinions. At first, its agents focused on local social media platforms. In 2018, they began a new campaign to detain users of Twitter inside China — account owners who had found ways around the government’s blocks — and force them to delete their accounts. > Now, the campaign has extended to Chinese citizens who live outside of China. The document spells out how the Shanghai police want to discover the identities of people behind certain accounts and to trace their users’ connections to the mainland. Its officers can then threaten family members in China or detain the account holders when they return to the country in order to compel online critics to delete posts or even entire accounts. It's worth calling out that later article analyzes a "request for bids" by the local Shanghai police, so I don't think it should be read to imply limits on what the Chinese government does, since the scope of a local police force would be limited to stuff that intersects with their jurisdiction.