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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by est on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:46AM (#24080170)
> As far as I know, they are still banning Houston Rockets games because Morey supported Hong Kong in a tweet.

As far as I know, you trust media reports more than a random search on Chinese video sites.

https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4534875236007949

It's the Rockets vs Trail Blazers math on 4th Aug.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by keiferski on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:02AM (#24080251)
According to this link from two weeks ago, it still hasn't been resolved.

https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3092980/nbas-c...

Even assuming they revoked the ban, I also don't see how it's particularly relevant to the point I was making; they still banned the entire franchise for months because he wrote a single message on Twitter. Censorship isn't somehow acceptable if it only lasts ~8 months. It's perhaps the definition of arbitrarily abused power.

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