Online streaming takes away eyeballs and headspace from government propaganda. The China-mafia can also take their cut through over-regulation - preventing streamers from popping up and suffocating them with regulation. And if streamers DO make it through the gauntlet, it will have to be Commie positive propaganda. If it's not state-sponsored propaganda, and someone has donated to the cause - now they can track you down too and put a boot on your face.
You have never been to China, have you? You could try streaming China Central Television (CCTV) for a flavour of what state broadcaster content looks like. You will be surprised.
Anyway this is about things like women soliciting donations on their streams. Nothing pornographic, more like Instagram or Twitch. It's about people broadcasting banned news which are hard to filter because they don't have AI capable of monitoring all the streams in real-time. Some of it's about piracy, people ripping off PPV.
It's pretty obvious that this is both about party-approved discourse, like cracking down on free HK messages, and about taxes. That's why there is a real name requirement, there's no good reason for that otherwise. "The livestreaming platforms should prioritize social benefits and spread the positive energy," is obvious code for "no critical speech will be tolerated". Making excuses for fascism is not a good look, dude.
Not sure why you consider anything that suggests China's government isn't motivated by pure evil is "making excuses" for them. You are just enabling them, making it harder for others to understand China and putting them in a position where there is no incentive to do anything right because you will find some way to condemn it anyway.
It's entirely possible they have seen what a shitshow Facebook is and how it is fucking up Western countries and decided that they don't want to make the same mistake.
It's a bingo... We can agree the measure is authoritarian but we should make a better statement on the nature of that authority. The Chinese government attempts to operate like a parent and likewise why these actions are mainly aimed at curbing the spending from minors.
I also do not know if westerns know just how common place phones are in china for usage with media and likewise just how seamless the cashless society is that exists here. It's very easy for these behaviors to become an addiction.
Likewise these actions follow suit with other rules limiting the usage of technology by minors.
The Chinese government is very concerned about addiction among the young. Gambling is illegal but it's hard to craft a law that covers things like mobile games and loot boxes.
They don't want an Onlyfans type situation developing I'm sure.
Commies don't like competition for headspace (Score:1, Flamebait)
Pretty obvious what this one is all about.
Online streaming takes away eyeballs and headspace from government propaganda.
The China-mafia can also take their cut through over-regulation - preventing streamers from popping up and suffocating them with regulation.
And if streamers DO make it through the gauntlet, it will have to be Commie positive propaganda.
If it's not state-sponsored propaganda, and someone has donated to the cause - now they can track you down too and put a boot on your face.
All in the nation
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You have never been to China, have you? You could try streaming China Central Television (CCTV) for a flavour of what state broadcaster content looks like. You will be surprised.
Anyway this is about things like women soliciting donations on their streams. Nothing pornographic, more like Instagram or Twitch. It's about people broadcasting banned news which are hard to filter because they don't have AI capable of monitoring all the streams in real-time. Some of it's about piracy, people ripping off PPV.
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It's pretty obvious that this is both about party-approved discourse, like cracking down on free HK messages, and about taxes. That's why there is a real name requirement, there's no good reason for that otherwise. "The livestreaming platforms should prioritize social benefits and spread the positive energy," is obvious code for "no critical speech will be tolerated". Making excuses for fascism is not a good look, dude.
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Not sure why you consider anything that suggests China's government isn't motivated by pure evil is "making excuses" for them. You are just enabling them, making it harder for others to understand China and putting them in a position where there is no incentive to do anything right because you will find some way to condemn it anyway.
It's entirely possible they have seen what a shitshow Facebook is and how it is fucking up Western countries and decided that they don't want to make the same mistake.
Re:Commies don't like competition for headspace (Score:2)
It's a bingo... We can agree the measure is authoritarian but we should make a better statement on the nature of that authority. The Chinese government attempts to operate like a parent and likewise why these actions are mainly aimed at curbing the spending from minors.
I also do not know if westerns know just how common place phones are in china for usage with media and likewise just how seamless the cashless society is that exists here. It's very easy for these behaviors to become an addiction.
Likewise these actions follow suit with other rules limiting the usage of technology by minors.
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The Chinese government is very concerned about addiction among the young. Gambling is illegal but it's hard to craft a law that covers things like mobile games and loot boxes.
They don't want an Onlyfans type situation developing I'm sure.