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#Censors #Censorship #publishing #propaganda #books #journals
Zensoren, Zensurwerkstätten und Verlage
Ein verstorbener Heidelberger Sinologieprofessor beschäftigte sich häufig mit Zensur, Zensoren und Propaganda, wobei er sich nicht nur für China, sondern auch für die DDR, Osteuropa und Japan interessierte.
Sinologen wissen, dass Zensur in China eine sehr lange Geschichte hat, wobei ein besonders enger Zusammenhang mit der Anfertigung von Dynastiegeschichten besteht...

zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie

I'm on several social media platforms. It seems BlueSky and Kolectiva have the least amount of engagement. Cross posting receives lots of responses and interaction on other platforms but not these two. Moreover, Kolectiva is #Punitive and #Censors the same posts that receive responses on others.

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@torparskytt @ChemicalEyeGuy

"hi i'm #elonmusk #musk, my #centralized #4chan platform #twitter where i control the #algorithm #censors people if it doesn't fit my whiny lying #fascism-pushing #freedom-destroying #edgelord agenda"

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"oh waah waah, that's #censorship, waah waah"

do you think you're being clever and no one can see the hilarious shit sandwich you're trying to sell?

or are you telling us you're genuinely this confused and incoherent on this topic?

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A government that #censors also risks losing the trust of its citizens. In a #democracy, the legitimacy of the government rests on the consent of the governed. If people believe that their government is hiding information, manipulating the truth, or suppressing dissenting voices, they will lose faith in their leaders & in the #democratic process itself. (11/14)

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When a government #censors information, it controls the narrative & restricts the flow of ideas, thereby stifling dissent & preventing the public from making informed decisions. This concentration of power is dangerous because it leads to a situation where the government, rather than the people, decides what is true, what is false, & what is worthy of public attention. (4/14)

#China's internet #censors have deleted a video in which #children at a private #PerformingArts school in the southwestern province of #Sichuan dance to British rock band #PinkFloyd's 1979 hit "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" which featured a choir of #schoolchildren protesting overbearing authority & "thought control" in #education.

rfa.org/english/news/china/ban