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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.

    1. Re:End game? by gweihir · · Score: 2

      They have that covered, I think. Wrongthink will eventually just wipe out your social obedience score and if that happens you are barred from public speech. As a result you cannot defend yourself against that either. May even throw in a bonus and makes sure people with a low score cannot buy food or rent living space or work in any capacity and the same happens to anybody that helps them.

      The real question is how many people will try to resit in time. That makes the difference between some nice places high up a tree for the scum in power or a slow decline to the collapse of society. In an extreme fascist state, and that is exactly what they are building, the economy goes down the drains and even feeding the population becomes difficult after a while. I think China may be going the second route.

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  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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  3. Huh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    Wonder if this has to do with all the media purchases the Chinese have been making recently here in the USA. Good to know that Hollywood will be supporting the Communist agenda shortly...

  4. To learn who rules over you, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

  5. Re:classical literary and art works by gnick · · Score: 2

    I agree. AC shouldn't have called Chinese culture garbage. But that doesn't mean I have a problem with it being parodied.

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  6. 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.

  7. Stifling creativity by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 2

    Well, I can see that the new Emperor of China intends to squeeze so hard that there'll be a persistent chilling effect on any sort of creativity. Guess he thinks he'll just be able to keep stealing creativity from the West ad infinitum.

  8. When politics is banned... by aberglas · · Score: 2

    When politics is banned, everything becomes political. Significance will be attached to the smallest things.

    We will indeed see at least a partial Cultural Revolution. And certainly a personality cult.

    Can the Chinese economy continue to grow at a fantastic rate under that oppression? They are already discouraging their students studying overseas.

    Very bad for the Chinese. And very dangerous for the rest of us.