I suspect these rumors have been spread by feds who dont like Americans seeing China outside their own media spin. Ive seen the rumors around a lot and it seems it isnt the case according to users within China.

This is a blatant attempt at damage control by the west imo. Convince people the chinese are blocking them and try to undo the damage thats been done to their narrative. Hopefully people dont fall for it. I worry it will stop more people from checking out the app tho.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"villagers in the global village" is ❤️‍🔥

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

global village"

I remember that phrase being used to describe the web in the '90s sicko-wholesome

[–] nandos_house_of_glues@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

seeing full on radlibs in turbolib spaces asking why they see two women holding hands in Guangzhou without getting arrested or why they're getting makeup tips from a super fabulous dude who isn't censored is turning into them just actively ignoring the scolding of the "adults in the room centrists who have a 'friend' from the mainland". it's beautiful and i hope it continues

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago

Good to hear, the exchange has been very positive for myth dispelling.

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

Oh the US great Satan will hate hate hate this message

Can’t wait to hear about how the evil see pee pee is just trying to take away American freedoms

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago

i saw it spread on 4 lemmy instances so far and they get upset when you point out that they're helping spread propaganda. 🤦

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe this is the reason for the sudden flood of US military posts I saw before? If they could get the app to ban American accounts for them, then they could just blame China without having to go through the steps to ban another app.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

yeah i think this was the plan to use their bots to cause chaos and when new american accounts couldn't be opened anymore blame the evil see see pee.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks Momo