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Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by trasz on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:05PM (#25659603)
Thanks. So it boils down to China being where USA was 50 years ago, freedom of speech-wise?
Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:15PM (#25659749)
Well, no, 63 years ago was Yates v. US; even through the height of the anti-Communist witch hunting phase, the US had a stronger protection of free speech rights of Communists than China has for dissidents today.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States