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85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship
cynagh0st writes "A Pew Internet & American Life Project report indicates that of an overwhelming majority of Chinese people that believed the Internet should be 'managed or controlled,' 85% want the government to do this managing. This is resulting from surveys on Internet use over the last seven years in China. 'The survey findings discussed here, drawn from a broad-based sample of urban Chinese Internet users and non-users alike, indicate a degree of comfort and even approval of the notion that the government authorities should control and manage the content available on the Internet.' The report goes further into describing the divide in perspective between China and Western Nations on the matter and discusses the PRC's justifications for Internet control."
Something like... "The chinese national news reports tonight that 85% of chinese citizens like censorship".
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
are made up.
*Statistics compiled by the Ministry of Statistics.
*Ministry of Statistics Motto:We're here to make sure you're happy about your statistics.
The response from most in the UK would be "What can I win if I take part?"
As for the current government judging if people like the amount of control in their lives, they don't need to do any surveys. They just look at all the CCTV cameras and say "Well, most people are smiling so we can assume they like what we're doing."
"They are however responding very well to the electroshock therapy and strong drugs to help them adjust to society."
That's the news according to the Ministry of Love. However the Ministry of Truth has decided that in this case, 85% is the same as 100%. Therefore hence forth, all news needs to be written as 100% of Chinese Likes Censorship.
Your failure to recognise this has been reported to the Thought Police, and room 101 is being prepared for your arrival.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.
Terrorism should be fought. But isn't asking the US DoD to do it somewhat a conflict of interests?
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune