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DAlmighty t1_jdtgy03 wrote

_A poll of more than 2,000 social media users in China found that about four in 10 respondents have experienced some form of online abuse.”

I’m very sure this is an underrepresented statistic. From what I’ve seen, if you don’t fit in the masses box of conformity, the straight up hate and abuse gets pretty bad. Calling this behavior trolling is putting things very nicely.

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simplescalar t1_jdu95bi wrote

Don't worry this happens on reddit as well. It's less of a China thing and more of a human thing...

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DAlmighty t1_jduqof7 wrote

You might be right to a point. There’s a lot of bad intentions here on Reddit, but on the Chinese apps some comments are far worse than anything that I’ve seen here by no small margin.

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simplescalar t1_jduqyg8 wrote

can you give an example?

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DAlmighty t1_jdur7uk wrote

I have a friend who’s married to a black guy and she posted very innocent pictures, and some of the comments would be enough to get the FBI involved it were here in the US.

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Crimbobimbobippitybo OP t1_jdvjtaq wrote

You can't tell people to harm themselves here, brigade them, harass them, and so on, without recourse.

You can do just that in China.

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nerdaholic360 t1_jdz09v5 wrote

Then you don't know about Daneland. Stochastic terroristic network started on Tiktok and they go in on suicidal people because they never face consequences

Worse? At least 25% are healthcare providers

Reporting to their licensing board often resulted in no consequences for them, then they'd do the same back to me and I'd be under investigation.

It's getting harder to do the right thing because the courts are a puppet for corporations. If they know they can use cyberstalking and harassment as a tactic, they will.

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czl t1_jdujr54 wrote

Is this a study to support having a central government "protect" you from online abuse? Might such government proffered "protection" be a bigger problem than the problem it claims to solve?

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