Yeah I don't buy it. The time to ban covid disinformation was during the height of the pandemic, not weeks "after" it, and conveniently right before banning discords for "Russian propaganda"
What they're doing is plausibility deniability. They're using it as a cover for their censorship.
This is banning covid disinformation from the lib point of view. Currently the status quo is that covid is not that bad and that if you are vaccinated you should be allowed to do whatever they want. GenZedong would be supporting China's point of view where they are still treating Covid like a dangerous virus and advocate for lockdowns and mask mandates. Therefore, libs will ban China for covid disinformation.
I read through their announcement blog post and it was 100% about Covid disinformation. No mention of any other kind.
So I'm a little surprised. I thought they'd wait a week or two before extending it to suppressing leftist spaces.
Yeah I don't buy it. The time to ban covid disinformation was during the height of the pandemic, not weeks "after" it, and conveniently right before banning discords for "Russian propaganda"
What they're doing is plausibility deniability. They're using it as a cover for their censorship.
This is banning covid disinformation from the lib point of view. Currently the status quo is that covid is not that bad and that if you are vaccinated you should be allowed to do whatever they want. GenZedong would be supporting China's point of view where they are still treating Covid like a dangerous virus and advocate for lockdowns and mask mandates. Therefore, libs will ban China for covid disinformation.
:galaxy-brain: