Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20171231161124/@comment-24751918-20180104153544

Dizzyzebra wrote: 208.54.37.215 wrote:

Dizzyzebra wrote: The Chinese government censors anything that puts them in a negative light, and bans information channels they can't control (live streaming, Youtube, Wikipedia, Facebook, etc.) All media posted by Chinese creators can be censored, and has been since the first Chinese Vocaloid. That’s a lie, those news reporters are just attacking Communist countries like China. BTW, no school for me tomorrow (heavy snow inbound @ NYC) (yay...) -UberMillennium RailgunP What I said is true.

Here is proof, not from reporters, but from independent researchers, such as the Hong Kong University, and Harvard:

http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/censored.pdf?m=1447574496

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c69c/0d983abb69d607b1faa7112c4ab2fb8f6ce0.pdf

Proving my statement about China blocking websites is a very simple. Notice how there are no users on those websites who are accessing the internet in China. If you visit China, try accessing Whatsapp or Youtube for yourself.

'They are just telling lies to make Communism look bad' is a common lie told by oppressive governments. When Russia was under Stalin's dictatorship, he misled people using the same technique.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Soviet_Union

It's always important to think carefully about what you are being told. If someone said 'This person is lying, here is a record of them lying and documents showing how they lie, and people working for the that admit they lie'. Would you believe them, or the person that says 'They just want to make me look bad!' without any proof? Should you believe a government, who wants to stay in power? Or the scientists, researchers and teachers from every other country in the world whose job it is to find out the truth?

Never believe something, just because a government says you should. Because a government is just a group of powerful people that wants to stay in control.

Propaganda is a deep topic, but it's very interesting. Show me the snapshots of FB and YouTube being censored in China or I will still consider it false claim!