and uprisings that were fueled in part by people s access to easy information. and i think that s why the government has invested so much in creating this great firewall of censorship within china. however, it does take human decision making to to to make it work. and in the first few days of the protests, certainly over the weekend, there was a lot that was getting past the censors because people were in this cat and mouse game. people were trying to invent new ways of being sarcastic or newjokes that were kind of not immediately, obviously, about the protests, for example. i saw it. yeah, that one saying things because saying saying repeating phrases like i saw it, you know, or even the phrase yes, yes, yes, over and over again, because of course, saying no would be seen as a negative criticism. so of course, you can just say yes repeatedly. and of course, this becomes very tongue in cheek. and i think it does take a lot of human judgment to decide what what crosses the line in a pro
to to to make it work. and in the first few days of the protests, certainly over the weekend, there was a lot that was getting past the censors because people were in this cat and mouse game. people were trying to invent new ways of being sarcastic or newjokes that were kind of not immediately, obviously, about the protests, for example. i saw it. yeah, that one saying things because saying saying repeating phrases like i saw it, you know, or even the phrase yes, yes, yes, over and over again, because of course, saying no would be seen as a negative criticism. so of course, you can just say yes repeatedly. and of course, this becomes very tongue in cheek. and i think it does take a lot of human judgment to decide what crosses the line in a protest and also how much of a pressure valve you need to give people to just let off some steam. so they can vent a bit. exactly. and we were talking about twitter, but presumably just tell us a little bit more about the other sites that are used in
i saw it. yeah, that one, saying things. repeating phrases like i saw it, you know, or even the phrase yes, yes, yes, over and over again, because of course, saying no would be seen as a negative criticism. so of course, you can just say yes repeatedly. and of course, this becomes very tongue in cheek. and i think it does take a lot of human judgment to decide what crosses the line in a protest and also how much of a pressure valve you need to give people to just let off some steam. so they can vent a bit. exactly. and we were talking about twitter, but presumablyjust tell us a little bit more about the other sites that are used in china, probably more widely and how they re being blocked. yes. well, then, so within china, the domestic platforms are, the most common one is wechat, which is kind of ubiquitous. everyone is on it. it s like facebook and whatsapp, everything rolled into one big platform. and of course, there s douyin, which is the domestic equivalent of tik tok, the sh
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of human judgment to decide what what crosses the line in a protest and also how much of a pressure valve you need to give people to just let off some steam so they can vent a bit. exactly. and we were talking about twitter, but presumablyjust tell us a little bit more about the other sites that are used in china, probably more more widely and how they re being blocked. yes. well, then, so within china, the domestic platforms are, the most common one is wechat, which is kind of ubiquitous. everyone is on it. it s like facebook and whatsapp, everything rolled into one big platform. and of course, there s douyin, which is the domestic equivalent of tik tok, the short video platform. and it s notable that, for example, in the case of lawrence s arrest, not only was he filming on his camera, but there and it s notable that, for example, in the case of ed lawrence s arrest, not only was he filming on his camera, but there would have been hundreds of people on their cameras filming