China banned letter N from internet after people used it to attack Xi Jinping

Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by yoz-y on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @08:28AM (#16482797)

One advantage we have here is that the government is separated enough from the people who have actual executive power to ban content. A sudden ban is quite impossible but we should probably be beware of being a slowly cooked frog.

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Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by nine_k on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @08:56AM (#16482955)

We could start with entirely well-intentioned self-censorship, e.g. with banning the word "gun" from shopping search :-\

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Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by 0xfeba on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:06AM (#16483019)

Or ban the gun emoji:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/apple-rep...

I jest, I realize it's not "banned".

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