Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat

The Register (UK) ^ | Mon 20 Jun 2022 | Simon Sharwood

[Salman]

Coming soon to USA? You know the Democrats want it.

[Pollard]

Time to speak in code

[Mr. K]

Many here are prepared for this.

Or WERE, before all the tragic boating accidents.

[WMarshal]

Joe Biden is awesome! He is not an old and senile pedophile. The economy is fantastic. Read as opposite.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Your comment is denied as subversive and anti-socialist.

[AndyTheBear]

x = "socialism"
y = "is"
z = "horrible"
print(" ".join([x,y,z]))

[tired&retired]

Orwell is rolling in his grave.

[tired&retired]

I can see it now..

How do you make a /s in Chinese?

[Gen.Blather]

I realize that today you can program a computer to scan for key words and phrases and maybe with an AI you can do other things. But the problem of a billion people generating hundreds of comments a day will represent an overwhelming burden. The KGB and the East German intelligence agency recorded millions of hours of phone and regular household conversations. They had no way to evaluate any of it.

Of course, the mere knowledge that what they say is monitored will have a chilling effect.

[mewzilla]

Where the EU got the idea...

[Caipirabob]

It’s already here. Try to post on Twitter. The commies there and farcebook are probably worse than the chicoms. The only difference is they can’t put Americans to death yet for posting something they don’t like but I’d bet the left think they’re close to it.

[BipolarBob]

Yahoo! has disabled comments on most articles in order to “provide a safe environment”. That doesn’t sound very inclusive to me. When they do allow you to comment and someone replies to you, I can never get back in to see or reply back. I’m blocked out.

[joshua c]

the chinese communists seem to be copying the democrats who are “preserving democracy”

[Leep]

/讽刺

[shooter223]

John has a long mustache.

[Pollard]

It’s also already here in the form of websites shutting down their comments section for fear of being cancelled by google ads, paypal, amazon web services etc.

[farmguy]

Sounds like twitter and facebook

[Leep]

Go Bang don!

[Pollard]

The chair is against the wall

[outofsalt]

MSN is accepting comments on their site, but it is VERY moderated. Surprisingly, there is a lot of conservative stuff being posted along with the leftist loonacy.