chinajousama:big-mood-energy:aquamarine-w:AO3 is banned in China on 29th Feb, 2020. You are go
chinajousama: big-mood-energy: aquamarine-w: AO3 is banned in China on 29th Feb, 2020. You are going to see less and less Chinese fics on the website. You are probably never going to see Chinese readers commenting in your fics anymore. They are the best readers, they never give negative comments and are always supportive. Although you probably don’t know, they talk about your fic in their small communities or group chats and recommend them to other potential readers. A large proportion of Chinese readers love to translate your fic into their language, that’s why you see quite some fics have Chinese translation. I don’t want to talk about why it is banned. It’s just sooner or later. One more window for the voice of freedom is closed. I’m a Chinese writer. I write in English. I’m currently living overseas. But if I go back to the country, there’s a large chance you are not going to see me updating again. I want to remember this day. This day the last Utopia is taken away. This day the iron fist on our throats tightened again. oh no now i can’t see 25 y/o virgins writing mediocre stories where two old guys with no chemistry bang @big-mood-energy Hey, I don’t know how long you’ve been following me, but very sincerely, fuck you. The banning of AO3 from Chinese internet is not about the merits or quality of literature produced by Chinese authors on the website. It is about how the Chinese government literally purges and denies access to anything that it deems morally impure or treasonous. AO3 was a safe haven for many Chinese authors to post both original fiction and derivative fanworks without fear of persecution or litigation. This is far more serious than your cold-ass, trite gotcha. Chinese authors are getting harassed out of writing circles and publishers are being shut down, along with even larger swathes of the Internet getting walled off. VPNs are no longer working. Chinese content creators risk getting their accounts banned, content deleted, or police visiting their homes simply by posting content that involves any of the following: - Discussing US elections- Mentioning construction of a commercial 5G network- Discussing the disappearance of Fan Bingbing (she was gone for several months before reappearing Oct 2018 with a $70mil tax evasion fine and has been near-silent on all social media outlets since)- Any and all streams or broadcasts of Taiwanese films- Criticism of Chinese justice systems- Any media coverage of protests in any form Furthermore, this was all stuff only from October to December 2018. We aren’t even touching on the censoring of things like #MeToo, Peppa Pig, or the ever-infamous Winnie the Pooh. More pertinently to your pompous “two old guys with no chemistry” dismissal, Chinese fandoms have suffered at least two large-scale censorship campaigns, with abrupt shutdowns and purges of all fan fiction content, gay or otherwise. Censors are infamous for prohibiting anything “below the neck” as well as “vulgar, immoral and unhealthy content” (this means piercings, tattoos, one night stands, extramarital affairs and homosexuality, among others). Several forums and specific fiction categories (palace dramas, time travel, urban fantasy) were permanently locked or wiped in 2014, the same year an erotica writer was jailed for 10 years for self-publishing books containing gay sex scenes. Not to mention the snitching money. If someone didn’t like the smut you wrote, they could make up to $86,000 for reporting you to the authorities. So again, kindly fuck off and unfollow me. -- source link
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