Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global - Engadget
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The platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website.

The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)

    • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      47 minutes ago

      No they don’t. If I don’t want to see what Reddit wants me to see, I just switch to Lemmy instead. Reddit cannot ban Lemmy. But if the state had censorship powers, they could ban Lemmy.

    • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I think its the same problem with the press on TV and print form. Rich individuals can buy up all press outlets and control the narrative. Its hard (and restrictive) to broadcast on TV and print. On the internet, at least the freedom to publish and access information has a low barrier to entry. A rich individual may buy one lemmy instance, can they buy them all? Can they buy its successor? The lower barrier and less restrictive nature of the internet (or how it should be) is too fast moving for them to compete imo. All the states need to do is educate people on how to consume media correctly.

      • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        A rich individual may buy one lemmy instance, can they buy them all?

        Yes, easily. Additionally, they can control the search engines which lead there or not, the commonly used platforms for code sharing so that development is more difficult, and so forth. They have an incredible advantage through economy of scale. The barrier to entry for putting any information on the internet may not be very high, but making it findable and accessible has a very high barrier, and relies on corporate-controlled platforms.

        • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          I think the better question is will they be able to buy them all. Buying implies the other party is willing to sell.

          Its true that this information will be harder to access if not indexed properly, but word of mouth is a good backup for that. I didn’t find lemmy from google, someone (non corporate entity) posted a link to it somewhere. Now, that ‘somewhere’ may be corporate controlled and ban certain links but I’d argue that will just split the internet into two (a corporate side and “free” side) with little cooperation between them and I don’t think anyone will be able to keep people from either side - as long as the internet remains neutral.

          I think its just too hard to completely control information unless you are a nation state (and even then).