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China Starts Censoring Phone Calls Mid Sentence

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-not-good dept.

bhagwad writes "Several reports have emerged that China is cutting off phone calls mid-sentence when contentious words like 'protest' are used. Seems like China's draconian censorship regime is going into overdrive with even more sophisticated censoring. Of course, this comes on the heels of Google accusing them of mucking around with Gmail as well."

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  1. That irony can be so ironic sometimes by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The New York Times publishes an article about China's great firewall, and puts it behind a firewall.

    [The rest of this post is censored, to make it truly meta]

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    1. Re:That irony can be so ironic sometimes by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

      Never underestimate the bandwidth of a dumptruck full of Hitlers being driven by the Hulk.
      Wait, what are we talking about?

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  2. In the USA ... by jdgeorge · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... dropping calls in mid-sentence is simply known as "using AT&T wireless service". Zing!

    1. Re:In the USA ... by skuzzlebutt · · Score: 3, Funny

      They failed to mention that the code word for protest in Chinese is now "Candlejack". It stands to reason tha

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  3. People will start talking in code by mysidia · · Score: 3, Funny

    etslay tartsay ay rotestpay

  4. I was going to complain about censorship in China, by somaTh · · Score: 2, Funny

    but

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  5. Way ahead of you! by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Our modern western cellphones are way ahead of this. They're able to drop communication mid sentence WITHOUT the need for a certain keyword.

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  6. My Hobby by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sometimes I randomly announce to empty rooms "I know you're listening...". It only has pros: if I'm wrong, nobody knows, but me; if I'm right, I just freaked someone out real bad.

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  7. Re:Don't ya think? by BlackIcejane · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony

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