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by imiric 1849 days ago
> In China, mass organised protest against the national government is not tolerated, but nobody cares if you write some stuff on social media.

Is there a typo somewhere or are you really saying there is no consequence for posting on social media in China? Because that's certainly not the case[1,2,3], unless all of Western media is misleading about this.

[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-23990674

[2]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-is-now-sending-twitter-us...

[3]: http://www.internetfreedom.org/Background.html#Firewall_of_S...