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Has Lemmy just been completely flooded with CCP apologists now?
RedNote ToS includes provisions that require you to post "correct views on history, nationality, state, or culture".
I guess if you believe Taiwan should be "returned" to the mainland, Uhghurs deserve to be "re-educated" and enslaved, and that China is the natural and rightful pre-eminant global power... you're gonna be fine.
I took it as "don't pretend we don't have censorship too"
Saying "there is censorship here" in no way implies "there is not censorship there"
But wtf? Censorship isn't when someone prevents unhinged personal attacks? Why is "free speech" not the ability to report on corruption, but now about being able to use hate speech and shit? It's never been the case and not hard to differentiate between them
It's false equivalence though, although with the election of shadow president Musk it's getting a bit more hazy.
Even so, one is an (admittedly hugely influential) private company and the other is the actual single-party government dictating what speech is allowed.
one is an (admittedly hugely influential) private company and the other is the actual single-party government
The US has been governed by public-private partnerships for centuries. Trying to draw a line between the industry administrators that get promoted into every crevice of public sector bureaucracy and the elected politicians who depart office to serve as lobbyists and board members of private firms is a fool's errand.
Do we celebrate Chris Dodd the Senator and denounce Chris Dodd the chairman of and chief lobbyist for the MPAA? Do we applaud Hank Paulson the Treasury Secretary and denounce Hank Paulson the CEO of Goldman Sachs?
Americans seem to have no trouble drawing a straight line between Singapore-incorporated ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party. Why can't they see the connection between Howard Lutnick or Linda McMahon or Betsy DeVos or Elaine Chao and the businesses they own and operate?
Hey you'll get no argument from me. I'm on Lemmy for a reason. But it's still not the same as just straight up "the government decides what is thoughtcrime"
RedNote ToS includes provisions that require you to post “correct views on history, nationality, state, or culture”.
Damn that private company implementing Terms of Service to limit discourse to historically accurate topics of conversation. Now I'll never get Wuhan Lableak blurbs and weird religious propaganda injected into my video feed.
I guess if you believe Taiwan should be “returned” to the mainland, Uhghurs deserve to be “re-educated” and enslaved, and that China is the natural and rightful pre-eminant global power…
I mean, what gives the US the right to encircle Taiwan with its Navy? Why were we so fervent in defending the right of Afghani teenager girls to obtain an education, but so cavalier in denying it to Uighur girls threatened by the same Islamic radicalism just on the other side of the Afghan/China border? How do we have US Senators and CENTCOM chiefs debating the best method for severing Chinese exports from the international markets, while asserting the threat of Chinese global supremacy?
It's all upsidedown and backwards in America-World. If you want to talk about Chinese global hegemony, consider the methods at their disposal. To quote Dr Lubinda Haabazoka, Director of the University of Zambia Graduate School of Business and former President of the Economics Association of Zambia
Every time China visits we get a hospital, every time Britain visits we get a lecture.
Found the China zealot. Do you get paid or is this just for the love of the party?
I stack my Renminbi in one closet and my SorosBux in another.
But what do you do with the ZuckBucks?
I keep them in my back pocke... glances down at non-existent legs OH NO!
Sound like you don't have a leg to stand on. Maybe MuskBucks are the answer here.
It's "correct views on history, nationality, state, or culture" as according to the CCP. Imagine an American company with that clause, but those "correct views" were as according to the US government. You would be against that, yeah? Imagine getting your comment removed because you question the US's authority
You're just describing Reddit.
Yeah I love how reddit banned /r/Sino
Oh wait, they didn't. They actually allow their users to criticize their government
I'm curious what that has to do with kowtowing to the US government. I think I provided a pretty good example of proof that Reddit doesn't moderate based on what their government says is true
I think I provided a pretty good example of proof
:-/
Mostly no (I hope), we’re just laughing at americans literally not being able to read anything soaked with propaganda and switching from one source to another.
Ccp apologists can suck Winnies dick
we’re just laughing at americans literally not being able to read anything soaked with propaganda
All Americans? Everything they read?
Pretty sure Lemmy has always been full of people who support freedom of speech, open internet, internationalism, anti-censorship, etc.
It's got nothing to do with "apologizing" for some state targeted by this wacko genocidal empire.
Um, whut?
Lmao Lemmy was founded by the .mls, this dude has no idea what he's talking about
Lmao yes, have you not been spending much time on here? The second biggest instance is run by tankies
Let's just say I roll with the stricter, more traditional definition of "tankie" not the current definition which is much closer to "people I disagree with"
Yes, I'll take my downvote now sir.
Then you can go and browse through it and see how their moderators and admins ban and censor people who call out their genocide denial. I'm aware of the euphemism treadmill but I really do mean what I say.
What about your genocide denial?
I'm of the firm belief that everyone denies genocide, they are just selective about which ones they choose to deny and which ones they choose to be Very Very Upset about online.
Uhhh, I don't know what genocides you think I'm in the closet about lol, anyone who thinks Israel hasn't been committing genocide is insane and the US has been disgustingly complicit in it. It's not hard to see
anyone who thinks Israel hasn’t been committing genocide is insane
Completely agree 100%
The difference is that while you focus all your outrage on Israel's genocide other genocides, both figuratively and literally, still exist.
Why do you choose to ignore/deny/de-prioritize those ones? Serious question.
Yes, been that way from the start and is made by them.