astral_avocadoJul 10, 2023

TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/262488

TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance - Lemmy NSFW

For all the newcomers that aren’t aware, I just stumbled upon this insane drama. Apparently lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] is the result of a reddit sub ban of a bunch of pro-china bots who vigorously defend the Chinese government, and the two top admins are also the top devs of the Lemmy source software. Pretty terrible stuff! The linked thread is full of their insane ramblings and denialism.

Show threadBilb!Jul 10, 2023
I think their point of view is closer to the correct one than yours. Either way, who cares? It doesn’t matter what you or I think about China.
Show threadastral_avocadoJul 10, 2023
Their denial of the Uyghur genocide and that it’s a multi-nation spanning conspiracy to smear china is closer to the correct one?
Show threadBilb!Jul 10, 2023
Yes
Show threadastral_avocadoJul 10, 2023
How did you even come to that opinion unless you’re actively living in China? Actually even that doesn’t make sense, if you lived in China you would quite literally be blocked from sites like this.
Show threadAatube
That’s not what happens though, insert the nobody cares speech from Andor here and the closest thing they have to making VPNs illegal actually means that you can’t make unsanctioned private cables, satellites etc to access the internet
Jul 10, 2023 at 11:22pmWeb