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The Chinese Internet Is Shrinking


An anonymous reader shares a report: Chinese people know their country's internet is different. There is no Google, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter. They use euphemisms online to communicate the things they are not supposed to mention. When their posts and accounts are censored, they accept it with res...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Chinese people know their country's internet is different. Now they are discovering that, beneath a facade bustling with short videos, livestreaming and e-commerce, their internet -- and collective online memory -- is disappearing in chunks. [...] In addition to disappearing content, there's a broader problem: China's internet is shrinking.

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