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[-] Sphere@hexbear.net 47 points 2 weeks ago

Quality fucking journalism right here folks! Not sure how many of you slogged all the way through the article to catch this nugget, but, well, I'll let it speak for itself:

RedNote is heavily censored

Content on RedNote appears to be much more heavily censored than posts on TikTok. A CBS News analysis found that any search for "Xi Jinping," China's autocratic president, on RedNote yielded no results whatsoever.

The term "Free Hong Kong" also brought back no results. A search for "Taiwan" will turn up several memes welcoming Americans to the platform, but noting that users must recognize the Beijing-imposed narrative that the democratically governed island just off China's coast, which the U.S. is legally bound to help defend from invasion, is an inseparable part of China.

A similar search for those terms on TikTok turns up a wide range of political opinions from users, including posts heavily critical of Chinese censorship.

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 56 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

LMFAO

Great Satan is an understatement. Not even propaganda, just fucking lying because they know burger brains will lap it all up

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

You can truly see colonialist thought in real time with this “migration” to Xiaohongshu

Just a bunch of Americans pissing their pants because they can’t be monsters on another country’s platform or talk about sensitive topics completely uncensored. There is something about Anglo-saxonism that is just inherently vulgar. I truly believe it’s western thought combined with capitalism that creates some of the most disgusting humans on earth

Seriously, it’s like a sort of digital exploration although the only thing they can say they’ve “found” is a space where you can’t post pictures of xi jinping as Winnie the Pooh without getting banned or find anything you want in English

[-] NPa@hexbear.net 45 points 2 weeks ago

not-a-journalist so you searched using English on a Chinese platform and you're confused about the results?

[-] miz@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

any search for "Xi Jinping," China's autocratic president, on RedNote yielded no results whatsoever.

omg I'm dying. it's like the American journalist's brain cannot conceive that other languages exist

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's so hilarious these smooth brains are using english words to search topics on a primarily Chinese speaking platform and claiming they can't find anything.

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

laughable. i just tried it:

"xi jinping" no results

"习近平" plenty of posts about xi jinping

real thourough journalism here

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

A CBS News analysis found that any search for "Xi Jinping," China's autocratic president, on RedNote yielded no results whatsoever

Searching for AfricanStream on Instagram yielded no results either :(

[-] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

Legally bound to help defend from invasion good Lord.

Those legal laws and binding laws were nowhere to be found regarding genocide though

[-] john_brown@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

how can China invade China? When the National Guard gets sent to disaster zones in the USA, is the federal government invading them? Fuck I hate western journalists so much

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Weird. I wasn't even looking for it and came across a lot of historical images related to roc, GMD and chiang kaishek

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

The censorship double standard is wild.

Was it censorship when I caught a subreddit ban on worldnews because I pointed out that all the deaths in the HK riots were caused by rioters and that they burned an old man nearly to death?

Nah that was just site moderation right?

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