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Re:China Makes Chat Group Administrators Criminally Liable f... by AnthonyMouse on Monday September 18, 2017 @11:04AM (#15276538)
The historical problem was that the state controlled all media. The only message available was propaganda.

Now you can get any information if you want it and the problem is that propaganda still exists and some people still believe it.

It's not perfect but it's better.

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Re:China Makes Chat Group Administrators Criminally Liable f... by intended on Monday September 18, 2017 @01:11PM (#15277636)
Well... the states continue to control the media now don't they?

And with the new tools, in particular the ability to sock puppet and impersonate human behavior in a context poor environment (you can't physical see the person, so can't make out if they are real or not, or body language and other factors we normally have during interaction).

So wouldn't it be fairer to say that they now have stronger control?

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