I have said it before[1][2] and I will say it again: The Chinese model of online information management has been extremely successful and there is no reason fo

I have said it before[1][2] and I will say it again: The Chinese model of online information management has been extremely successful and there is no reason for other rulers to not try to copy it. India has it in place[3], Russia is trying to do it [4]... and the west has been doing it too and it is done by making it seem like people have free choice of posting infromation but having tech companies remove, hide, shadow-ban, or otherwise limit the spread of information dangerous to the rulers. This is inevitable and there are no other options. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30510857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30510857 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30492226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30492226 [3] https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/02/10/what-do-we-know-about-the-great-firewall-of-india/ https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/02/10/what-do-we-know-ab... [4] https://www.economist.com/business/russia-is-trying-to-build-its-own-great-firewall/21807706 https://www.economist.com/business/russia-is-trying-to-build...