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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by envy2 on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:04PM (#23224183)
Except YouTube is blocked in China, so no one really should be trying to solve this to begin with...
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by natestemen on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:58PM (#23226896)
people read/write chinese outside of China though...
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by fermienrico on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:01PM (#23230590)
Why do we have to kowtow to them or even the Chinese government?

If someone says "Fuck the US government", we allow that on Youtube, don't we?

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:08AM (#23231425)
But outside of the jurisdiction of mainland China. People from Taiwan and Hong Kong really hate it when mainland censorship are imposed on them.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by st1ck on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:43PM (#23230829)
I'd assume most of Chinese speakers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia etc. would not be triggered by "communist bandits".
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