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Hong Kong protests related texts are now "profane" in chat and character names (reddit.com)
30 points by haunter on June 21, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


The title should mention that this is “in World of Warcraft”.

It’s sad to see Chinese censorship trickling into Western products. There were some Hearthstone tournaments recently where they wouldn’t refer to the country as “Taiwan”, and more and more games are banning phrases like “Tianenmen Square” that are banned in China. Some people are afraid of the internet separating into parts... I am afraid of a shared internet where 100 different entities all have the ability to censor discussion.


Ironic that this submission was also removed/locked by a subreddit moderator (see top response).




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