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Video game developer Blizzard is engaging in blatant censorship, and we need your help to protect free speech online.
Take action now to tell Blizzard and other video game developers to protect our basic rights online.
Just this week, Blizzard punished a Hong Kong-based professional gamer for speaking out in support of Hong Kong protesters who are standing up for democracy and human rights.1
To be 100% clear, this isn’t about video games. And this isn’t about Hong Kong. This is about basic human rights. It’s bad enough that authoritarian governments have the power to censor public discourse in their own countries, but now they’re bullying American companies into undermining freedom of expression around the world. We can’t let that continue to happen.
People everywhere are outraged, and rightfully so; nobody should be punished for advocating for their own personal freedom. But now we need to channel our outrage into a massive protest that will force Blizzard to back down. Here’s how to help:
- Visit GamersForFreedom and sign our petition telling video game companies how important freedom is to you.
- Use our scorecard to tweet at Blizzard and other game companies.
- Join our protest at Blizzard’s upcoming BlizzCon convention in Anaheim, California.
If you can think of other ways to participate, please feel free to let us know. Or keep up with all the latest news in our Gamers for Freedom Discord channel.
Regards,
Dayton at Fight for the Future
Footnotes:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/10/11/1411243/chinas-global-reach-surveillance-and-censorship-beyond-the-great-firewall
China's Global Reach: Surveillance and Censorship Beyond the Great Firewall (eff.org)
An anonymous reader shares a report:Those outside the People's Republic of China (PRC) are accustomed to thinking of the Internet censorship practices of the Chinese state as primarily domestic, enacted through the so-called "Great Firewall" -- a system of surveillance and blocking technology that prevents Chinese citizens from viewing websites outside the country. The Chinese government's justification for that firewall is based on the concept of "Internet sovereignty." The PRC has long declared that "within Chinese territory, the internet is under the jurisdiction of Chinese sovereignty." Hong Kong, as part of the "one country, two systems" agreement, has largely lived outside that firewall: foreign services like Twitter, Google, and Facebook are available there, and local ISPs have made clear that they will oppose direct state censorship of its open Internet.
But the ongoing Hong Kong protests, and mainland China's pervasive attempts to disrupt and discredit the movement globally, have highlighted that China is not above trying to extend its reach beyond the Great Firewall, and beyond its own borders. In attempting to silence protests that lie outside the Firewall, in full view of the rest of the world, China is showing its hand, and revealing the tools it can use to silence dissent or criticism worldwide. Some of those tools -- such as pressure on private entities, including American corporations NBA and Blizzard -- have caught U.S. headlines and outraged customers and employees of those companies. Others have been more technical, and less obvious to the Western observers.
But the ongoing Hong Kong protests, and mainland China's pervasive attempts to disrupt and discredit the movement globally, have highlighted that China is not above trying to extend its reach beyond the Great Firewall, and beyond its own borders. In attempting to silence protests that lie outside the Firewall, in full view of the rest of the world, China is showing its hand, and revealing the tools it can use to silence dissent or criticism worldwide. Some of those tools -- such as pressure on private entities, including American corporations NBA and Blizzard -- have caught U.S. headlines and outraged customers and employees of those companies. Others have been more technical, and less obvious to the Western observers.
https://slashdot.org/story/19/10/08/1641206/activision-blizzard-suspends-hearthstone-pro-player-for-supporting-hong-kong-protests
Activision Blizzard Suspends 'Hearthstone' Pro Player for Supporting Hong Kong Protests
Activision Blizzard suspended Hearthstone pro Chung "Blitzchung" Ng Wai on Tuesday after he spoke up in support of protests in Hong Kong during a post-match interview during Hearsthone's Asia-Pacific Grandmaster tournament on October 6. From a report:Two days later, on October 8, Activision Blizzard suspended him from competing in Hearthstone esports tournaments for a year, rescinded his $3000 winnings from the tournament, and fired the two people who interviewed him. Each year, Hearhstone's best players compete in regional tournaments that narrow the field to 48 Grandmasters. After the regionals, the Grandmasters play for a $500,000 prize pool. After winning a match in the Asia-Pacific regional, Chung streamed a post-victory interview while wearing ski goggles and a gas mask, a look often worn by protestors in Hong Kong to mitigate the effects of tear gas. "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time," Chung said on the stream, a phrase that's become a rallying cry for protestors in Hong Kong.
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