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ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

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192 points beedeebeedee | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 03:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.306s | source
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lysace ◴[21 Oct 24 18:53 UTC] No.41907169[source]▶
I find it weird that China has a very tight information control and simultaneously over and over again has the weirdest "netizen" rumors that go mainstream.

What's the explanation? That they are explicitly allowed for some strategical reason? Something else?

Edit: @dang: Sorry in advance. I do feel like we got some pretty good discussion around this explosive topic, at least in its first hour.

Folks, keep up the good behavior — it makes me look good.

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kwillets ◴[21 Oct 24 19:24 UTC] No.41907484[source]▶
Conspiracy theories are common in repressive regimes.
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1. lysace ◴[21 Oct 24 19:35 UTC] No.41907649[source]▶
But it's relatively easy for China/CPC to squash them if they really want to. Western media is even reporting on changes in particular keyword censorship.