• NotLuigi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    In a place where we are on equal footing. On American social media, even TikTok now, the trigger words are too restrictive to properly critique anything and still get reach

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      I expect the goal is going to be to promote Chinese platforms globally, and opening up this way is a show of confidence on the part of China that their narrative is becoming dominant. This is the same rational the US had when it was not afraid of outside media, because its narrative was dominant at the time. Now the US narrative is faltering even domestically, and it’s an opportunity for China to start exercising soft power of their own in the media space.

      • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        Their soft power has been severely lacking, I am at least optimistic that this can help shift global perspectives towarda China. It would be really exciting to see the US be replaced as the world’s media and content hegemony