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China Blocks HBO After John Oliver's Last Week Tonight Mockery of Xi Jinping (scmp.com)

Posted by msmash on from the not-for-the-faint-of-heart dept.

News agency AFP reports: After mocking censors working overtime to delete comparisons of Chinese President Xi Jinping with the cartoon bear, comedian John Oliver and now the website of TV giant HBO have fallen victim to Beijing's censorship machine. Chinese authorities blocked HBO's site in China, just days after Oliver took Xi to task, anti-censorship and monitoring group GreatFire.org said on Saturday. The website was still not accessible on Monday. HBO joins a long list of Western media outlets that have had their websites blocked in China including The New York Times, Facebook and Twitter.

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  1. And HBO blocks John Oliver in Canada... by JMJimmy · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...so we all turn to VPNs & piracy for the simple ability to access content

    1. Re:And HBO blocks John Oliver in Canada... by vell0cet · · Score: 3, Informative

      Maybe I'm not getting something... We get HBO in Canada... WITH John Oliver's show. http://www.hbocanada.com/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver

    2. Re:And HBO blocks John Oliver in Canada... by JMJimmy · · Score: 4, Informative

      Until recently you could watch John Oliver on YouTube - not the full episode but the main story. They've blocked Canadians from accessing it, likely at the behest of Bell Canada who owns TMN Go, the service you need to subscribe to at that link.

      That means you need a cable package that includes The Movie Network (extra $20 on top of the cable package, so a minimum of $45)

      Compare that with HBO Now at US$14.99

      CBC even did an article on it: http://www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

  2. Re:It'll take a show with a larger audience to mat by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Informative

    avoid rational discussion

    I hate to point this out, but you and all the other people criticising him here are doing the same thing. No criticism of specific topics he covered or points he raised, just attacking his presentation and style. Okian came about the closest when he mentioned vitamin D, but didn't elaborate.

    Can you perhaps give us some specific examples?

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