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Censored in China, Cutting Out Bits From BTS, Lady Gaga, Gay Fans and More

posted 4 years ago by Satan2016 (25821)
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Winnie the Pooh doesn't approve of BTS, LGBT, Gaga and Bieber!

https://variety.com/2021/streaming/news/friends-the-reunion-censored-china-bts-lady-gaga-1234983516/

China’s top streaming platforms censored around six minutes of material from HBO Max’s “Friends: The Reunion” special on the day of its debut Thursday, deleting footage of artists like BTS previously deemed to have “insulted” China, gay fans, references to pee and a shot of Matt LeBlanc in his underwear, among other moments.

In recent months, social and governmental pressure to clean up and “purify” what is described as a wayward, immoral industry has been mounting, spurred on by the fact that this year marks the sensitive 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party and censors are on overdrive.

Fed up with censored versions, many viewers have downloaded pirated copies of the HBO Max version to bypass local streamers entirely. Others have turned to unauthorized, uncensored versions posted elsewhere, like the Bilibili platform.

[–] Crocodile (3142) 4 years ago

Based Asia

[–] DarkHorse (297) 4 years ago

That makes sense. China sees the mess "liberal politics" creates so it wants to keep itself safe.

[–] MinorityRules15 (963) 4 years ago

I dislike the Chinese government.

[–] Stratego (30779) 4 years ago

I despise the Chinese regime, but that actually sounds like an improvement. What do those folks have to do with Friends???