[pembrook]

This is a red herring.

We're not arguing about whether it is standard for governments to attempt to exercise maximal control.

We're arguing about whether governments executing censorship regimes via ISPs (like the Chinese Communist Party) without any balanced legal proceedings is a good thing.

And no, it does not happen like that in the US.

[inigyou]

Is it the norm in France for the regulator to block gambling sites without a court process? Polymarket is obviously a gambling site, so if so, this is no surprise. Polymarket can probably challenge the decision in a court process.

[Hacker_Yogi]

Sorry if I come across as being pedantic but it's actually the Communist Party of China - the CPC, even though many, esp. in the US, use the wrong abbreviation - CCP.

[Antibabelic]

It is pedantic. Saying that people should say CPC instead of CCP adds nothing to the conversation. If it grinds your gears then maybe starting with organizations like the Encyclopedia Britannica[0] rather than random Hacker News commenters might prove more effective.

[0] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-Communist-Party

[inigyou]

Um actually it's 中国共产党

[smolder]

Chinese Communist Party or Communist Party of China makes little difference. There is a clear convention and no clear reason to change it.