Not sure this is the right com, but it feels closest. Just saw the announcement that the Hololive Vtuber Coco is leaving. She didn't give a reason, but people are assuming it has to do with the antis she's been hounded by since referring to Taiwan as Taiwan when going over analytics in a stream. I'm sad to see her go, she was never my favorite but I liked some of her stuff and she's a big part of hololive. However, I just do not get the insane level of hatred towards China and communism these reddit weebs are just spilling everywhere. Do they honestly think Xi has a list like "1. genocide 2. bully Vtuber"? I am just so tired of the sinophobia in internet cultures. I'm tired of reactionary weebs. I'm tired of people saying they "don't want political shows/games/streamers/whatever" but want to just spread the most fascist takes possible. Sorry if this is barely comprehensible. I'm tired, sad, and angry. I love anime and Vtubers, but why are so many of the people who watch it just so incredibly awful?

  • Optimismbias [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Because the CPC invested in Reddit through one of their front companies. 10% IIRC. So that gives them leverage, and Reddit is nothing if not censorship-happy.

      • Optimismbias [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Does the CPC not own a substantial stake in Reddit? And if so how would they not use this for their own purposes? Reddit is far from Aaron Schwartz’ view of "I think all censorship should be deplored. My position is that bits are not a bug".

          • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            Also the majority shareholder of Tencent isn't even the CCP or a Chinese company lol. It's a South African company called Naspers. So South Africa is censoring Reddit!?!?!11 😱😱😱

              • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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                3 years ago

                Naspers is an apartheid era company, so yeah that actually makes a bit of sense. At least more than China censoring reddit by the logic used by the person I'm replying to.

          • Optimismbias [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Tencent is in bed with the CPC. Its Wechat and QQ platforms routinely block anything critical and they have collaborated with the Publicity Department of the CPC and the People's Daily to develop "patriotic games."

            Imagine Rockstar Games collaborating with the US State Department and Washington Post to develop "patriotic games" and you get the idea.

            • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              Imagine Rockstar Games collaborating with the US State Department and Washington Post to develop “patriotic games” and you get the idea.

              Don't need to imagine, this is the actual case with Activision and every call of duty game that gets released yearly. They took an real life USA war crime and attributed it to Russia in Call of Duty modern warfare 2019

              • MazovianThought [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Is . . . is that rumbling I hear the vaunted lib-to-left pipeline growling back into action?

            • MazovianThought [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              To add to what the other user said, that kind of collaboration also exists with movies. The DoD will let filmmakers use military equipment, but the DoD gets to control the script.

    • My_Army [any]
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      3 years ago

      God I wish China censored Reddit, maybe it would make the place actually bearable

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Pls go back to :reddit-logo:

      To give some context on just how wrong you are, Tencent, owns a small share of Reddit, think estimated value is 5-10% of Reddit. Who is the majority shareholder of Tencent, the CCP/CPC? No, it's a South African company called Naspers. By your logic, it is South Africa who has leverage over Reddit, not the CPC/CCP

        • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          But the largest shareholder of Tencent is not the Chinese Communist Party, it is a South African company called Naspers, with an estimated 28-31% share in Tencent. So claiming Reddit is censoring anti China news because of Tencent investment makes little sense, because neither the Chinese government or Chinese companies are the largest shareholders of Tencent. Also anti China news constantly hits the top of r/all, so if they are trying to censor anything anti China (very unlikely) they're doing a completely terrible job.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      Is this a bit I am not getting, or are you genuinely just this wrong?