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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by dTal on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:30PM (#20235145)
I don't think the analogy works. "Taboo", in the social sense, is very different than "prohibited by government fiat".
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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by bjourne on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:42PM (#20235268)
What the article elaborates on is different types of prohibition. Sites blocked by the Great Firewall of China are, generally, not prohibited to visit. Otherwise this study conducted in China would have been illegal.
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