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[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 139 points 1 week ago (32 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 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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

I was going to say horrifying.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 week ago (78 children)

definitely beats having fascism spread around unchecked (and even encouraged) like us tech companies.

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[–] _lunar@lemmy.ml 94 points 1 week ago (42 children)

it's a massive fucking lie anyway; anyone who's been to china can tell you they have winnie the pooh merch in every fuckin' shop. winnie the pooh is very popular there.

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm literally in a Chinese hostel right now with a Winnie the pooh mattress.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You fool, the CCP thought police unit are going to backtrace your photo and execute the hostel owner and their entire bloodline now!!!!

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

It's always projection. Even if they're not literally doing the thing that they accuse their opponent of doing yet, the fact that they're making the accusation reveals their intention.

Ah shit, this means they're gonna do everything they made up about Xinjiang (if they're not doing it already at the alligator place)

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