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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/54201470

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago
[–] Krompus 13 points 1 day ago

Freedomwall

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So we spent like what, 20 years saying China censorship bad and finding sneaky ways to get them in the global Internet via VPNs and Tor and Tor bridges, and now we want to make our own?

That'll go well.

[–] FenrirIII 3 points 17 hours ago

They're already putting porn behind a government firewall in many red states. They're coming for everyone else now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Everything they accuse others of is what they want. The projection is absolutely insane. Children grooming, limiting free speech, stealing elections, stealing jobs, everything...

[–] db2 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We don't want that. A very small group of very small spoiled children do.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A very small group of spoiled children with outsized wealth and political power*

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

That's been the plan all along. Just needed the big bad Chinese Bot to come along to start nudging the idiots of Xitler and r/conservative to start clamoring for their own Great Firewall to protect their freedom.

[–] Opisek 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Prox 13 points 1 day ago

Specifically, the Blackwall.

Pretty crazy how prescient Cyberpunk (and Neuromancer, etc.) are looking right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

How about fuck you assholes. Build better security

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remember remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason plot. Never shall it be forgotten.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."

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

Thanks for the fix, was trying to remember the lines. I failed horribly

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree, but no, I'm not wearing the stupid mask.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Better to not wear masks, in project mayhem we hide in plain sight

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I wonder how this site manages to load the stylesheet 1 second after the content?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Short sighted idiots

[–] just_another_person 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well that would be against the 1st amendment. Not only are these shitheads running towards the slippery slope, they're already sliding down the mountain and dragging us all along with them in the name of staying on top and keeping their money. They will certainly not be bound by such laws, and there will just be more and more of this "haves v havenots" bullshit. This shit needs to be shut the fuck down. Now.

[–] daddy32 2 points 1 day ago

The shitheads have already threatened to use force against their allies in NATO and applied amnesty to participants in the coup attempt, so... Nothing is surprising anymore.

[–] K1nsey6 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think the tech bros are simply terrified of what China is about to unleash on the US and the world by them bringing down their great firewall this year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are bringing it down?

[–] K1nsey6 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, Xi made an announcement last week it will start off in one of the major cities with full removal in a few months. Chinese citizens will be able to sign up on all 'western' social media. The US opening Pandora's box with the TikTok ban has let the Genie out of the bottle. I suspect other tech to come out of China will make the US look like its living in the mid 1800s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Do you have a source for this, I was trying to find anything about it but couldn't. It would be quite interesting if they do end up taking it down, and I would love to read more.

[–] Alphane_Moon 4 points 1 day ago

I was also curious about this (it's rather surprising news). This seems like tankie misinformation.

The only somewhat relevant source was this article in SCMP from Jan 17th where a Shanghai party official called from partial lifting of internet restrictions in some areas.

That being said, it doesn't look like this went over well:

It is not clear when the post was put online but it was removed on Friday morning.

[–] K1nsey6 1 points 1 day ago

I'm looking for it, it was from a Chinese source.

[–] atrielienz 2 points 1 day ago

So, those AI rules and regulations from the Biden admin order that Trump walked back as soon as he got into office...