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Chinese renew efforts to ban mention of the Tiananmen Square massacre


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2021 Jun 3, 6:17pm   315 views  7 comments

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https://reclaimthenet.org/chinese-games-social-features-tiananmen-square-anniversary/

Chinese games start restricting social features ahead of anniversary

References to the massacre are one of most censored topics in China.

With the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre just a few days away, Chinese games and servers for Chinese players are starting to lock down in-game chats, account signatures, and other social features – a move that prevents players from referencing the events of Tiananmen Square where thousands of pro-democracy protestors were killed by China’s People’s Liberation Army.

Genshin Impact, a popular online open-world game which is published by the Chinese video game developer miHoYo and has an estimated 40 million players worldwide, recently removed the ability to change account signatures and nicknames.


And the Chinese server for the massively multiplayer online game World of Tanks, which has an estimated six million players worldwide, has disabled the in-game chat function until June 8.

Additionally, the official website for the Chinese version of the game has announced that new account registrations will be disabled between June 3 and June 5 and the ability to change account nicknames and its data inheritance system will be disabled between June 2 and June 5.

These restrictions set the stage for what is likely to come over the next few days as Chinese censors amp up their efforts to block online references to the Tiananmen Square massacre.

In previous years, references to the Tiananmen Square massacre have been aggressively blocked and purged in the days surrounding June 4 with the Chinese government acting as if the massacre never happened.

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Some notable examples of how this censorship has previously manifested include China’s multi-purpose app WeChat closing accounts that share images of Tiananmen Square memorial vigils for “spreading malicious rumors,” streaming music service Apple Music blocking the song “The Path of Man” (which mentions Tiananmen Square) in China, and censorship of references to the incident via artificial intelligence (AI) reaching an all-time high on the 30th anniversary of the massacre.

While the topic is subject to the heaviest censorship in China, the pervasive suppression of references to the incident has also reached the US in recent years with the official trailer for the first person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War being censored worldwide after showing one second of Tiananmen Square footage, Reddit censoring a Tiananmen Square photo (before reversing the censorship after backlash), and Zoom temporarily closing the account of US-based Chinese activists who held an event to commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.


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1   Patrick   2021 Jun 3, 7:39pm  

And of course they are busy censoring the Hong Kong protests too:

https://reclaimthenet.org/wix-reinstates-hong-kong-pro-democracy-site/

After days of closure, web services company Wix has restored the “2021 Hong Kong Charter” website which is home to a letter calling for the Hong Kong’s “democratic transformation, to realize the freedom, autonomy and democracy that were promised to Hong Kong.”

The letter details how China has been “tightening its totalitarian grip on Hong Kong” and calls for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “stop all political oppression,” “stop with its digital totalitarianism” (through its mass digital surveillance systems), “stop the cultural cleansing and genocide in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang and against other ethnic minorities,” and “stop its military intimidation against Taiwan.”

It has been signed by over 50 pro-democracy Hong Kong organizations and hundreds of individuals.

But on March 31, the 2021 Hong Kong Charter site was suddenly shut down by Wix after Hong Kong police told the company that the site’s materials violated its controversial “National Security Law” – a far-reaching law that criminalizes “secession,” “subversion,” and “collusion with foreign forces” and has been used to punish those who support democracy in Hong Kong.


And here is the site the Chinese don't want you to see:

https://www.2021hkcharter.com/
2   rocketjoe79   2021 Jun 3, 7:52pm  

I used to work for a multinational company. At a global meeting, somehow the subject of Tiananmen Square came up. The Chinese National in attendance flatly said: "That event did not happen. It was all Western Propaganda."

The thought control practiced in Socialist Nations is horrifying.
3   Onvacation   2021 Jun 3, 9:23pm  

Streisand effect. Now we are reminded of the anniversary.
4   Patrick   2024 Jun 4, 5:00pm  

https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/tiananmen-square-massacre-ccp-crimes-1989-2024


How To Commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 4, 1989

Tiananmen at 35 years: A mega post about the CCP's heinous crimes during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Chinese Cultural Revolution, and Great Leap Forward - plus past/present struggle session photos

Comrades: Know your history. Today marks the 35th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. In modern clown world, we are living through a simultaneous slow-motion Tiananmen Square and Cultural Revolution.




The real death toll of Tiananmen Square will never be known. However, the thousands of peaceful protestors who were slaughtered are a rounding error compared to the tens of millions killed by the CCP over the past century. While the Nazis, Soviets, and Bolsheviks are long gone, the CCP is still in firm control over the world’s most populous country. They have crushed the spirit, culture, and history of one of the the world’s oldest civilizations. Yet they martyred Tank Man into an immortal symbol for all dissidents. ...




Like my pseudonym Yuri, I have a twist of fate connection to that infamous day. If the Tiananmen Square Massacre did not occur, my parents would have returned to China and I would have grown up there in a parallel universe. I would not have enjoyed the freedoms of America and the ability to tell these stories on this samizdat. My family knew several people who were killed or imprisoned, which prompted my grandparents to also flee. They chose to work at McDonald’s here as free people, rather than keep their careers as slaves living in fear. My father Yuri Sr. wanted to be a writer, but his parents pushed him to study science so he could capitalize on a slim chance to move to America. Now here I am 35 years later, writing on Substack and drawing attention to the horrors my family fled. For the full story, check out the struggle session podcast below. ...

The MSM no longer mentions Tiananmen Square, so we must amplify it here. Please share far and wide
6   stereotomy   2024 Dec 8, 3:32pm  

I knew people from China back in the early 90's when I was in grad school. I'd broach the subject about Tiananmen and precious few would ever constructively respond. It was because each Chinese had his/her political handler when they went abroad. The only Chinese that would venture something were those who had an anchor baby or otherwise felt safe that they wouldn't be recalled or killed.
7   FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden   2024 Dec 8, 5:42pm  

i’m more frustrated that we lost so much freedom of speech in US that it makes China look Democratic.

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