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I am not going to defend Chinese censorship - I think it is way overdone and a huge waste of resources but all companies operating in China must uphold this regime and pay the cost associated with it.

However all countries have laws and norms governing satire and free speech.

For example the Mohammed cartoons (deliberately drawn to trigger a reaction / discussion of free speech and censorship):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_car...

Or this Australian drawing of American tennis superstar Serena Williams:

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/10844900

Widely seen as racist by the American audience.



Being offended, and censoring are two different things.

Free speech should allow speech that offends people.


The first is an example of a drawing censored in a large part of the world.

The second is an example of a cartoon that likely would have been deemed against “media standards” had the organ that did the assessment been in the US and not in Australia.


Many countries have laws against homosexual displays of affection, so by that logic, Midjourney should remove any LGBT content.


I would guess they end up disabling functionality by geolocation.




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