Time to use code words like on @Weibo ?
The core of Weibo censorship is a lack of clear rules that users can follow. You don’t know whether you will be the next target of censorship. Such tactics instill fear in you, then you start to behave yourself.
@benjaminbranham & @grok
The core of Weibo censorship is a lack of clear rules that users can follow. You don’t know whether you will be the next target of censorship. Such tactics instill fear in you, then you start to behave yourself.
@benjaminbranham & @grok
https://twitter.com/AlexFinnX/status/1758910042475040899
How it Works for YOU
"Gradually, it becomes natural not to speak your mind. Over time, you lose the ability to express yourself as a normal person would do in a free society. That is the effect of censorship in the long run"
"Gradually, it becomes natural not to speak your mind. Over time, you lose the ability to express yourself as a normal person would do in a free society. That is the effect of censorship in the long run"
Cockney Rhyming Slang
Miley or Billy Ray (Cyrus)
Big C or Bus 19
A touch o’ the Virgil? (Virgil & Ovid)
Jeremy Paxxed or Brazilian Waxxed = Vaxxed
Appletiser/Dear Liza/Michelle Pfeiffer = Pfizer
Astra Zeneca = Extra Vinegar
Tina Turner = Moderna
Bertie Wooster = Booster
Miley or Billy Ray (Cyrus)
Big C or Bus 19
A touch o’ the Virgil? (Virgil & Ovid)
Jeremy Paxxed or Brazilian Waxxed = Vaxxed
Appletiser/Dear Liza/Michelle Pfeiffer = Pfizer
Astra Zeneca = Extra Vinegar
Tina Turner = Moderna
Bertie Wooster = Booster
Chinese Methods
The Chinese Language as a Weapon: How China’s Netizens Fight Censorship
medium.com/berkman-klein-…
The Chinese Language as a Weapon: How China’s Netizens Fight Censorship
medium.com/berkman-klein-…
Blocked Topics in China (2012)
Tracking and Quantifying Censorship on a Chinese Microblogging Site
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/pape…
Tracking and Quantifying Censorship on a Chinese Microblogging Site
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/pape…
Beating the Censors
Algorithmically Bypassing Censorship on Sina Weibo with Nondeterministic Homophone Substitutions
"With 422 censored keywords there would be nearly 20 million false positive weibos each day, or approximately 20% of weibos sent daily"
comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/icwsm15…
Algorithmically Bypassing Censorship on Sina Weibo with Nondeterministic Homophone Substitutions
"With 422 censored keywords there would be nearly 20 million false positive weibos each day, or approximately 20% of weibos sent daily"
comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/icwsm15…
New Words
Coffee and Flask=Mask
Basement Jaxxer=Anti Vaxxer
Ace of Spades=Aids/HIV
Boomer Remover, Senior Deleter, Geriatric Dispatcher
Wubonic Plague, Wumonia, Red Death, Chop Fluey, Wonton Flu, Flu Manchu or Fu Manflu, Wu Ping Cough, Wu-Tang Flu
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Coffee and Flask=Mask
Basement Jaxxer=Anti Vaxxer
Ace of Spades=Aids/HIV
Boomer Remover, Senior Deleter, Geriatric Dispatcher
Wubonic Plague, Wumonia, Red Death, Chop Fluey, Wonton Flu, Flu Manchu or Fu Manflu, Wu Ping Cough, Wu-Tang Flu
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Test your Friends (1)!
on the meaning of post B.C (the period before coronavirus) words
Coronanoia
Armchair virologist
Coronasplaining
Coronaspiracy theories
Pancession
Corona crunch
Post-normal science
The pandy
Innoculati
Coroanacuts
Slackers
on the meaning of post B.C (the period before coronavirus) words
Coronanoia
Armchair virologist
Coronasplaining
Coronaspiracy theories
Pancession
Corona crunch
Post-normal science
The pandy
Innoculati
Coroanacuts
Slackers
Test your Friends (2)!
WFA
Coronials
Mockdown
Generation C
Quaranteens
Legacy hand
Videofurbishing
The elephant in the Zoom
Zoom room
Quaranqueens
The wipe-away
Zoomed out
Zoom mullet
Quarantrolls
Quarantini
Locktail hour
Upperwear
Blursday
Vaxinista
Morona
WFA
Coronials
Mockdown
Generation C
Quaranteens
Legacy hand
Videofurbishing
The elephant in the Zoom
Zoom room
Quaranqueens
The wipe-away
Zoomed out
Zoom mullet
Quarantrolls
Quarantini
Locktail hour
Upperwear
Blursday
Vaxinista
Morona
Test your Friends (3)!
Corona classic
Zumped
Coronacranky
Zoombie
Coronaphobia
Re-entry syndrome
Scariant
Jab-fest
Lockstalgia
Tech-celeration
Surge-jabbing
Exit wave
Immunity debt
Fauxvid
Novid
PPSD
Long social distancing
Tripledemic
Decompression
Pandemicide
Coronasomnia
Corona classic
Zumped
Coronacranky
Zoombie
Coronaphobia
Re-entry syndrome
Scariant
Jab-fest
Lockstalgia
Tech-celeration
Surge-jabbing
Exit wave
Immunity debt
Fauxvid
Novid
PPSD
Long social distancing
Tripledemic
Decompression
Pandemicide
Coronasomnia
Test your Friends (4)!
Casedemic
Clandestine barbers
Loxit
Loxino
Coronawashing
Circuit-breakers
Wobble room
The coronopticon
Coronacoma
Pingdemic
The Great Leveller
Lockdown Stasi
Plague Island
Muzzle
The Johnson variant
The Indian variant
Miasmatists
Rampdown
Casedemic
Clandestine barbers
Loxit
Loxino
Coronawashing
Circuit-breakers
Wobble room
The coronopticon
Coronacoma
Pingdemic
The Great Leveller
Lockdown Stasi
Plague Island
Muzzle
The Johnson variant
The Indian variant
Miasmatists
Rampdown
Who said What (1)?
Take it on the chin (Boris Johnson)
Take one for the team (Stanley Johnson)
Operation last gasp (Boris Johnson)
Following the science (UK Government)
Green shoots (UK Government advisor)
Invisible mugger (Boris Johnson)
Take it on the chin (Boris Johnson)
Take one for the team (Stanley Johnson)
Operation last gasp (Boris Johnson)
Following the science (UK Government)
Green shoots (UK Government advisor)
Invisible mugger (Boris Johnson)
Who said What (2)?
Good British common sense (Boris Johnson)
World-beating track-and-trace operation (Boris Johnson)
Mutant algorithm (Boris Johnson)
Moonshot (UK Government)
Panicdemic (Peter Hitchens)
…not take the foot off the neck of the beast (Boris Johnson)
Good British common sense (Boris Johnson)
World-beating track-and-trace operation (Boris Johnson)
Mutant algorithm (Boris Johnson)
Moonshot (UK Government)
Panicdemic (Peter Hitchens)
…not take the foot off the neck of the beast (Boris Johnson)
Who said What (3)? (Plus Answers)
Ahead of the curve (Priti Patel)
Let the bodies pile high in their thousands (Boris Johnson, allegedly)
Demob happy (Boris Johnson)
Cower (Sajid Javid)
Ride it out (Boris Johnson)
Eat Out To Help Out (Rishi Sunak)
language-and-innovation.com/2020/04/15/cor…
Ahead of the curve (Priti Patel)
Let the bodies pile high in their thousands (Boris Johnson, allegedly)
Demob happy (Boris Johnson)
Cower (Sajid Javid)
Ride it out (Boris Johnson)
Eat Out To Help Out (Rishi Sunak)
language-and-innovation.com/2020/04/15/cor…
The End
Often it is better to not listen to your Government!
Often it is better to not listen to your Government!
https://twitter.com/OffYourKnees/status/1358484739452190725
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