KlixKlox wrote:

ST should read this.
THIS COMES AFTER EVERY POSTS

KlixKlox wrote:

I got 2 replies in a second… the 60 second rule is stopping me ffrom poooosting or submiitinnggg thhiissss repplllyyyy

qrcool wrote:

[offtopic]
Please try to stay on topic.[/offtopic]

leogames2016 wrote:

A bit sad… I think it should be temporarily because of mean people trying to swear in Chinese or something that they don't understand.

qrcool wrote:

leogames2016 wrote:

A bit sad… I think it should be temporarily because of mean people trying to swear in Chinese or something that they don't understand.

No, it's because the CCP saw some stuff they didn't like, including, but not limited to, Hong Kong and Taiwan being listed as countries. The ban might be permanent if Scratch doesn't clearly show communist views. That is, if you're talking about why China banned Scratch.

leogames2016 wrote:

qrcool wrote:

leogames2016 wrote:

A bit sad… I think it should be temporarily because of mean people trying to swear in Chinese or something that they don't understand.

No, it's because the CCP saw some stuff they didn't like, including, but not limited to, Hong Kong and Taiwan being listed as countries. The ban might be permanent if Scratch doesn't clearly show communist views. That is, if you're talking about why China banned Scratch.

Aaah. Scratch Should Ban Communist Views for Some Countries. But not Worldwide.

4096bits wrote:

leogames2016 wrote:

qrcool wrote:

leogames2016 wrote:

A bit sad… I think it should be temporarily because of mean people trying to swear in Chinese or something that they don't understand.

No, it's because the CCP saw some stuff they didn't like, including, but not limited to, Hong Kong and Taiwan being listed as countries. The ban might be permanent if Scratch doesn't clearly show communist views. That is, if you're talking about why China banned Scratch.

Aaah. Scratch Should Ban Communist Views for Some Countries. But not Worldwide.

But Scratch supports freedom of speech under the ToU…

BearSlothCoding wrote:

[insert some quotes of above posts here, I can't quote a single one of them without half of this statement not making sense]
But freedom of speech is legal in the US, where Scratch is based and where most users live. Banning freedom of speech just so China is happy would be silly.

dftyu wrote:

i wonder if china did this because they are salty about tiktok and wechat being banned.

LegoManiac04 wrote:

It's basically been confirmed that this is over something different… Plus there's plenty of other American-made websites that aren't banned in China, so saying that this is the reason why doesn't seem like a good reason to me-

Byron_Inc wrote:

BearSlothCoding wrote:

[insert some quotes of above posts here, I can't quote a single one of them without half of this statement not making sense]
But freedom of speech is legal in the US, where Scratch is based and where most users live. Banning freedom of speech just so China is happy would be silly.

Exactly, that's why China banned Scratch.

SausageMcSauce wrote:

LankyBox01 wrote:

Oh gosh.
So… all the accounts from china (20K) will be inactive.
But the good news is: The Chinese people are allowed to use VPNs

The only problem is that Scratch would not be able to work if the Chinese Government ever decide to ban VPNs.


As for the rest of the topic, I think one way this could be solved (even though the Scratch Team might reject it), is to have Chinese users have locations such as Taiwan, Hong Kong etc. display as ‘China’ to them.

DownsGameClub wrote:

I'm curious: what about Scratch is disrespectful about China? Please keep in mind many of us do not come from there so it's somewhat hard to get the full context of your point of view.

starbriqht wrote:

DownsGameClub wrote:

I'm curious: what about Scratch is disrespectful about China? Please keep in mind many of us do not come from there so it's somewhat hard to get the full context of your point of view.

well for one, some people don't respect the ccp > second, as everyone is saying, taiwan and hongkong and macao are listed as seperate countries :\