• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I’d expect official media to be warning about dangerous foreigners manipulating you, especially if they were planning to shut it down.

    correct, so now the question becomes; why does the Chinese government want Americans to use their walled social media platform when it goes against their well-known hatred for western influence?

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      11 hours ago

      The purpose of the walled internet was to prevent western propaganda, instead they’re seeing their users get real information from real people.

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        11 hours ago

        A bunch of Americans with a fresh chip on their shoulder for the US government storming a Chinese social media site and airing out their grievances doesn’t exactly paint the US in a positive light, I would bet that whoever is responsible for coordinating Chinese propaganda sees this as a free win.

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          10 hours ago

          A bunch of Americans with a fresh chip on their shoulder for the US government storming a Chinese social media site and airing out their grievances doesn’t exactly paint the US in a positive light

          It’s not like the Chinese people don’t have any grievances, particularly around mental health stigmas and treatment for ADHD/autism. But a lot of americans are finding out things aren’t so bad everywhere else for the first time.