US workers may have to change social media use as firms adapt to China's rules

Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by chimi on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:00PM (#21196536)

Russia jails critics and worse on a frequent basis. From the Gulags to Pussy Riot to this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parlia...

> The law, which critics say is reminiscent of Soviet-era legislation used to target political dissidents, stipulates fines of up to 100,000 roubles (£1,155) for “indecent” online posts that demonstrate a “blatant disrespect for society, the country, Russia’s official state symbols, the constitution, or the authorities”.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:14PM (#21196663)

Sure they do. They don't do as much to exert international pressure, though.

Perhaps I should have said that, while China and Russia are both very concerned about their image inside the country (showing that they have some fear of their own population, perhaps), China is much touchier about its image outside the country.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by ethbro on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:24PM (#21197945)

The difference is Russia (the country) is poor. While China is not.

Russia's GDP is about 2017USD$ 1.7 T.

China's is 2017USD$ 12.2 T.

Companies traditionally aren't in the habit of doing favors for inconsequential entities. And for non-energy multinationals, Russia is generally more trouble than it's worth.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by NotSammyHagar on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:17PM (#21198336)

China pop is 1.417 bil, Russia's population is 144 million.

GDP/person: China $8,609, Russia $11,805. It's complicated to compare these two countries. China has a much larger economy so they have a bigger pool of money to spend, but then they have less per person. But both countries have huge poor groups.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by darknesszy on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:02AM (#21201366)

Nevertheless, you are making a richer entity and a large pool of people butt hurt

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by iamasoftwaredev on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:44PM (#21205740)

because Russia is not as relevant internationally.

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