Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control

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Post by danso » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:21 PM UTC

Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control
nytimes.com

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Post by nutcracker46 » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

Note that there was no redress or due process before the accounts were deleted. All of you who love the efficiency of authoritarian government, enjoy your world without Western liberties or justice.

Media queens today, you tomorrow.

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Post by threatofrain » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

> But late last month, Ma Ling, a blogger who commanded an audience of more than 16 million people, went conspicuously silent.

> In the battle for control of the Chinese internet, the authorities had designated Ms. Ma a threat to social stability, pointing to an article she published about a young man with cancer whose talent and virtue were not enough to overcome problems like corruption and inequality.

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Post by throwaway8864e » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #3

> But late last month, Ma Ling, a blogger who commanded an audience of more than 16 million people, went conspicuously silent. > In the battle for control of the Chinese internet, the authorities had designated Ms. Ma a threat to social stability, pointing to an article she published about a young man with cancer whose talent and virtue were not enough to overcome problems like corruption and inequality.

> Soon, however, internet users pointed to factual errors and said the piece had been invented.

> Ms. Ma had to apologize.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 6:01 PM UTC

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Post by fancyfantasy » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 6:30 PM UTC

nutcracker46 wrote: post #2

Note that there was no redress or due process before the accounts were deleted. All of you who love the efficiency of authoritarian government, enjoy your world without Western liberties or justice. Media queens today, you tomorrow.

Then explain, my friend, why it says """Western""" in your stupid comment...

see how it doesnt sound so good what I write in the next paragraph:

"all of you who love the degenerate liberality of alowing, In the social nets, the free wild old west of people Enslaving minds, brainwashing others for a little scam profit or for who knows what for, creating misconception and misleading people into all kinds of things"

in my humble opinion...

free speech is good, like freedom is good...

So why you dont talk about problems of privacy on internet in the western countries...

in my opinion...

thanks...

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Post by taobility » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 6:39 PM UTC

nutcracker46 wrote: post #2

Note that there was no redress or due process before the accounts were deleted. All of you who love the efficiency of authoritarian government, enjoy your world without Western liberties or justice. Media queens today, you tomorrow.

So enjoy your great western liberties and chaos.

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Post by nate_meurer » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

taobility wrote: post #7

nutcracker46 wrote: post #2

Note that there was no redress or due process before the accounts were deleted. All of you who love the efficiency of authoritarian government, enjoy your world without Western liberties or justice. Media queens today, you tomorrow.

So enjoy your great western liberties and chaos.

Thanks, I do. I value the ability to criticize my government whenever and wherever I please, with no fear of reprisal whatsoever. I value the ability to rip on large corporations and the powerful people who run them. I can express my opinions, insult powerful people, and question the authority of the state using whatever language I please. These are things that would get me killed or put in prison in many countries, including China.

I suspect that you value these freedoms too, even if you're not fully aware of it.

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Post by woodandsteel » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

I feel sorry for the Chinese people. Xi Jinping wants to suppress all discourse doesn't praise him and the government's policies. That might have worked in ancient China, but it simply doesn't work in the modern industrial era. Society is too complicated and so you need free discourse to find out what is going on and discuss policy alternatives. Xi's policies may work for a while, but in the long term they are going to make things more and more dysfunctional.

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Post by drharby » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 10:14 PM UTC

nutcracker46 wrote: post #2

Note that there was no redress or due process before the accounts were deleted. All of you who love the efficiency of authoritarian government, enjoy your world without Western liberties or justice. Media queens today, you tomorrow.

I'm sorry, i missed the memo where westerners began to champion authoritarian efficiency.

My desire to know my intensifies