Government Corruption Doesn't Fit Under New Happy News Only Rules In China
from the corruption-is-too-sad dept
A few weeks ago, the Chinese government announced its new online news rules, pointing out that only beneficial news about current events could be reported on. Obviously, this means news that doesn't make those in power look bad... and what could make those in power look worse than a series of protests about government corruption. So, a discussion forum discussing exactly those types of protests is the first victim of the new rules and has been shut down. Of course, if you read the rules specifically, this would be about current events -- and you could make the argument that getting rid of corruption should be beneficial to society. It's just that the people who are deciding what's beneficial happen to be the corrupt ones, so they apparently solved that conflict of interest by shutting down the site completely.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Are they men or sheep?
How do you say "PUSSIES" in chinese?
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tiananmen
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yeah and I'm the queen of england
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