Chinese censors take aim at AirDrop and Bluetooth
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China wants to restrict the use of mobile file-sharing services such as AirDrop and Bluetooth in a move that will expand its censorship machine.

Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some activists were sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using this tool on the Shanghai subway last October - just as the Chinese president was awaiting a historic third term as the country’s leader.

  • Venus@slrpnk.net
    33·
    1 year ago

    Literally 0 sources anywhere and literally invokes 1984

    Liberal propaganda is so fucking lazy. Y’all realize this is way closer to what 1984 was actually about right?

    • 0x815@feddit.deOP
      171·
      1 year ago

      You may have missed some points when reading, so here are a few quotes.

      The national internet regulator [Cyberspace Administration of China] on Tuesday launched a month-long public consultation on the proposals.

      Proposals unveiled by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday …

      Phone and app developers who want to continue operating in China will have to play by the new rules - or be culled from app stores, said a software engineer who wanted to stay anonymous.

      (Emphasis mine.)

      I agree with you in that it paves the way further to George Orwell’s 1984.

      • Venus@slrpnk.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        Just saying that someone said something is not citing a source. They taught us this in elementary school.

        • 0x815@feddit.deOP
          13·
          1 year ago

          The source is the Chinese government, @kleinheld provided the link, everyone can easily verify that.

          • Venus@slrpnk.net
            2·
            1 year ago

            That’s really not relevant unless the user mentioned wrote the article. I’m criticizing the article for not citing sources.

    • anthoniix@kbin.social
      10·
      1 year ago

      It’s crazy how just reporting on things factually said and done by the CCP will get you called a liberal and a US propagandist. You’ve truly lost the plot.