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I'm pretty sure CCP is trying its best to protect itself. It basically wants to be the single source of truth in the country, but algorithms interfere with thi
by esjeon 5y ago
I'm pretty sure CCP is trying its best to protect itself.
It basically wants to be the single source of truth in the country, but algorithms interfere with this goal by providing "bubbles" to users. Once a person falls into a bubble, his view will start diverging from what CCP wants their people to see, causing instability inside the society. This is obviously a huge threat to their authority.
- hackernewds 5y agoThis makes a ton of sense. Seems the next frontier for the CCP is to gain control of tech companies, most of which could be peppered with talent that has studied in the West
- rakkhi 5y agoDoes it really make sense? 1.2b people, if they know the govt is trying to control the narrative a vpn is not hard. What about 325m people in the US and other western countries that believe their govt would never lie nor their main stream media so never look for alternative news sources. Basically all Chinese in cities at least can also speak English. So they get Chinese and English news. Most people in the west cannot read anything other than English. Who really has the blinkered view? Remember the human brain believes things it hears often even when you know it's bs eg conspiracy theories
- rakkhi 5y agoDoes it really make sense? 1.2b people, if they know the govt is trying to control the narrative a vpn is not hard. What about 325m people in the US and other western countries that believe their govt would never lie nor their main stream media so never look for alternative news sources. Basically all Chinese in cities at least can also speak English. So they get Chinese and English news. Most people in the west cannot read anything other than English. Who really has the blinkered view? Remember the human brain believes things it hears often even when you know it's bs eg conspiracy theories
- zeruch 5y agoHistory shows an endless parade of examples where sufficiently charismatic and/or cunning leaders/regimes/movements (e.g. Mao, Reagan, Trump, Salazar, Ghadaffi, Khan, Gandhi, Seko, Savimbi, etc)...kept large populations in cultish thrall through combinations of carrots and sticks, including via control valves on statutes and the media. Take your pick on where any figure fits, but its very possible for it to "make sense"
- deadfoxygrandpa 5y agowhat are you talking about? all chinese people in cities speak english? no they don't