• buckykat [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    The actual function of the great firewall isn't keeping Chinese posters in but keeping Facebook out

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      This is the most true aspect of it. The whole reason China now has it's all-in-one app is because of the firewall. It functions far better as a market monopolization tool than as a censorship tool.

    • roux [he/him, they/them]
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      10 months ago

      But try telling that to a westoid that is ok with that site essentially having political leverage over the United States.