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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: HughStoneIan on November 07, 2019, 18:45

Title: Shutterstock helping China censorship (??)
Post by: HughStoneIan on November 07, 2019, 18:45

Couldn't find if anyone commented on this already.
It appears SS have been kowtowing to Chinese government requests to censor anything that is uncomfortable to the ruling paty. A sale is a sale, I guess...
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/06/shutterstock-china-censorship-tech/ (https://theintercept.com/2019/11/06/shutterstock-china-censorship-tech/)

Title: Re: Shutterstock helping China censorship (??)
Post by: Hannafate on November 08, 2019, 10:07

It's marketing.  *shrug*