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Chinese censors to restrict use of AirDrop and Bluetooth, activists fear it will further hinder their ability to mobilise people and share information (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some activists were sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using this tool on the Shanghai subway last October - just as the Chinese president was awaiting a historic third term as the country's leader.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@Venus You may have missed some points when reading, so here are a few quotes.

The national internet regulator [Cyberspace Administration of China] on Tuesday launched a month-long public consultation on the proposals.

Proposals unveiled by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday ...

Phone and app developers who want to continue operating in China will have to play by the new rules - or be culled from app stores, said a software engineer who wanted to stay anonymous.

(Emphasis mine.)

I agree with you in that it paves the way further to George Orwell's 1984.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just saying that someone said something is not citing a source. They taught us this in elementary school.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Why, you’re right! We should go back to the original source, just like we were taught in elementary school, to see what the source says.

Will you look at that! The primary source has a handy article that’s already been linked to you! Here it is again, in case you missed it :)

http://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-06/06/c_1687698272954687.htm

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The source is the Chinese government, @kleinheld provided the link, everyone can easily verify that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's really not relevant unless the user mentioned wrote the article. I'm criticizing the article for not citing sources.