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I guess it's only OK when Americans get to censor what the rest of the world sees.

by itg 3y ago

cynicalsecurity 3y ago
While America is holding the global power, you can freely write you shitty opinion on the internet and get away with it. If China or Russia would replace America, you will be mining uranium in a gulag / re-education camp, counting days until you'll be dead, comrade. You choose.
- mardifoufs 3y ago
  False dichotomy. It's not like China would magically start having international hegemony over the media and the internet if the US didn't. Almost the entire world is subject to social media rules and values that are mostly coming from the US, and a pretty specific part of the US too.
hot_gril 3y ago
It's the rest of the world's own decision to use US websites. If I went to a China-based forum, yeah I'd expect censorship about Xi Jinping. But using Midjourney??
- valdiorn 3y ago
  funny, because the one thing AI image generators famously can't or won't do is create pornography. Guess which country is super sensitive about porn? It's not China. It's not anywhere in Europe...
  - pb7 3y ago
    I don't know, which one? >It's not China. >Any kind of sexually graphic content has long been illegal in China, whether it’s visual or literary.[0] [0] https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3092512/chinas-porn-censors-shut-down-12000-websites-first-half-2020 https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3092512/china... >It's not anywhere in Europe... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/17/a-uk-wide-internet-porn-ban-comes-into-effect-in-july.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/17/a-uk-wide-internet-porn-ban-... https://cybernews.com/editorial/anti-porn-laws-in-europe-bring-serious-privacy-issues-yet-theyre-fashionable-as-ever/ https://cybernews.com/editorial/anti-porn-laws-in-europe-bri... https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/france-to-finally-restrict-access-to-online-pornography/ https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/france-to-fin... https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-europe-germany-european-union-8b9d9a7d5c1f59dc7440a64690f40268 https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-europe-ger...
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    I feel like it's most places. But what does this have to do with what I said? Midjourney is based in the US, I expect US laws rather than Xi Jinping censorship.

I guess it's only OK when Americans get to censor what the rest of the world sees.

by itg 3y ago

I guess it's only OK when Americans get to censor what the rest of the world sees.

While America is holding the global power, you can freely write you shitty opinion on the internet and get away with it. If China or Russia would replace America, you will be mining uranium in a gulag / re-education camp, counting days until you'll be dead, comrade. You choose.

mardifoufs 3y ago
False dichotomy. It's not like China would magically start having international hegemony over the media and the internet if the US didn't. Almost the entire world is subject to social media rules and values that are mostly coming from the US, and a pretty specific part of the US too.

hot_gril 3y ago

It's the rest of the world's own decision to use US websites. If I went to a China-based forum, yeah I'd expect censorship about Xi Jinping. But using Midjourney??

valdiorn 3y ago
funny, because the one thing AI image generators famously can't or won't do is create pornography. Guess which country is super sensitive about porn? It's not China. It's not anywhere in Europe...
- pb7 3y ago
  I don't know, which one? >It's not China. >Any kind of sexually graphic content has long been illegal in China, whether it’s visual or literary.[0] [0] https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3092512/chinas-porn-censors-shut-down-12000-websites-first-half-2020 https://www.scmp.com/abacus/news-bites/article/3092512/china... >It's not anywhere in Europe... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/17/a-uk-wide-internet-porn-ban-comes-into-effect-in-july.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/17/a-uk-wide-internet-porn-ban-... https://cybernews.com/editorial/anti-porn-laws-in-europe-bring-serious-privacy-issues-yet-theyre-fashionable-as-ever/ https://cybernews.com/editorial/anti-porn-laws-in-europe-bri... https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/france-to-finally-restrict-access-to-online-pornography/ https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/france-to-fin... https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-europe-germany-european-union-8b9d9a7d5c1f59dc7440a64690f40268 https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-europe-ger...
- hot_gril 3y ago
  I feel like it's most places. But what does this have to do with what I said? Midjourney is based in the US, I expect US laws rather than Xi Jinping censorship.