| The value of a secret police force isn't measured by how many agents it has. it is measured by how many agents people believe it has. Similarly, the effect of China's censorship mechanisms is magnified by people's own fear. We all know that the filters are porous and that proxies and disguised keywords can often get around the technological mechanisms. But if you think you're being watched, or that the mechanisms are all-powerful you'll self-censor, as I have done above by manipulating hot-button words and phrases, and helpfully finish the work that the State has begun. |
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