anontoday0406

Neighborhood Watch?

> Contrary to previous understandings, posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of [China], its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored. Instead, we show that the censorship program is aimed at curtailing collective action by silencing comments that represent, reinforce, or spur social mobilization, regardless of content.

https://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-...

I remember hearing that if you are applying for a government job with a security clearance, then your finances and credit-worthiness is factor.

I think I experienced it on HN and Reddit ;)

I would add that the difference is that in Black Mirror, it was other people that are giving you up/down-votes. Here, it's the government.

I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.

I'm not sure if irony is the correct word here, but I do find it funny how the "unpopular" comments in this thread have been faded to gray.