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25 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Before July 2021, the terms of service for forums on Skykiwi.com — billed as New Zealand’s “most influential” Chinese-language media outlet — contained clauses forbidding speech on a range of topics and said that users who violate Chinese

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laws in their postings could have their information shared with “relevant state agencies,” indicating China’s intelligence apparatus would be able to potentially identify them. It also meant criticism of China’s ruling Communist Party was all but banned.

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"According to the laws of China and New Zealand, this community is obliged to immediately stop transmission, save relevant records, report to relevant state agencies, and delete addresses, directories, or shut down servers that contain the content."

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The text of the terms was slightly changed subsequently but the censorship pretty much remains.

Is Skykiwi.com enforcing Chinese laws in New Zealand on behalf of Beijing?

Anyway, the scary long arm of Beijing is everywhere.

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h/t @BillyBostickson

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* these financial institutions are

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* these financial institutions will of course help the regime secure $$$ especially in tough times.

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