A Single Re-Tweet Lands Chinese Woman in Labor Camp 273
lee1 writes "A woman in China has been sentenced to a year of 're-education' in a labor camp for the crime of 'disrupting social order' after retweeting a joke on Twitter (which is entirely banned in China, but popular nonetheless). Cheng Jianping had repeated a Twitter comment suggesting that nationalist protesters smash Japan's pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, adding the words 'Charge, angry youth.' At the time, China and Japan were feuding over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, and groups of young Chinese had been demonstrating against Japan, smashing Japanese products; the tweet amounted to gentle chiding of the protesters. Ms. Cheng may also have been targeted because she is a human rights activist: she had signed petitions calling for the release of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. She has been detained in the past for several other 'crimes,' including criticizing China's Communist Party."
Should apply to anyone using Twitter (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, let's do this in the USA! (Score:3, Funny)
She has been detained in the past for several other 'crimes,' including criticising China's Communist Party.
So in the USA the Republicans would be locked up for criticizing the Democrats, and the Democrats would be locked up for criticizing the Republicans. With almost everybody locked up, who could work as prison guards? I guess this could be solved with some H-1B visas.
Re:Public service annoucement (Score:1, Funny)
if it can happen to four loko it can happen to anything
Re:Kudos for unbiased reporting (Score:5, Funny)
This is a left-leaning website.
There. I said it.
Re:hate speech is NOT protected anywhere. (Score:5, Funny)
We probably need a whole new rating system.
Beating someone while shouting racial slurs at them: +10 years
Beating someone while staring into the distance trying to remember if you left the oven on: +0 years
Beating someone while shouting "I love you man!" at them: Actually, that's creepy. +12 years
Re:Kudos for unbiased reporting (Score:5, Funny)
No, that would be \. This is /. - obviously right-leaning.
Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter (Score:3, Funny)
I just don't get the "Twitter is for idiot jokes". Part of my brain must be missing.
No comment needed.
Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter (Score:4, Funny)