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[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 139 points 1 week ago (113 children)

I lived in china for 4 years and Winnie has Def never been outlawed. Chinese censorship is much more sophisticated than "hey, that's illegal." There's not a list of pictures or memes or phrases that if you're caught with you'll get a visit from the police. No no no. There are hundreds of thousands of people monitoring social media for the latest "subversive" trends. When a new trend develops that content is blacklisted and just not allowed to be spread. You'll send your friend a picture and it never shows up on their phone. There's no indication on your end that it didn't send or they didn't get it. You can have this content on your phone, the CCP doesn't care. They care about it spreading. And you'll never get in trouble for trying to spread it because the system doesn't allow it to spread.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 6 days ago (81 children)

That's actually kinda cool in a techno dyatopian kinda way.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was going to say horrifying.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago

Yeah it is horrifying but it is a cool concept. Ofc you'll know something is off when your friend doesn't respond to what you sent them.

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