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China Regulator Bans TV Parodies Amid Content Crackdown (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the further-crackdown dept.

China's media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping. From a report: The decision comes after Xi cemented his power at a recent meeting of parliament by having presidential term limits scrapped, and the ruling Communist Party tightened its grip on the media by handing control over film, news and publishing to its powerful publicity department. Xinhua said video sites must ban videos that "distort, mock or defame classical literary and art works," citing a directive from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television on Thursday.

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  1. End game? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Censorship produces a downward spiral, where each attempt to control produces new ways of lawful disobedience. The end result is complete authoritarian tyranny and a standing army of resistance fighters. Get the popcorn, as this process will be fun times to watch and seems to be snowballing quickly.

  2. Well where's the fun in that? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How very dull. No Trump stories at all?

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  3. To learn who rules over you, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

  4. Hey China: Lighten the fuck up already Francis by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Humor, and especially satire, is a corner stone of an enlightened civilization.

    Pull that stick out of your ass -- because censoring humor and preventing people from poking fun of the establishment does NOT help people get over "taboo" topics, dogma, or corruption any quicker. In fact it has the opposite effect and makes things WORSE. By removing a "safe" avenue to eventually provide a road to discuss sensitive issue all you've done is force the issue underground.

    Congratulations (see I was being _sarcastic_) on convincing the rest of the world that you are a bunch of dumb asses -- while we laugh at your stupidity.

    What you resists, persists

    There is a BALANCE between the Individual and the State -- too bad you will never learn this.