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What's up with these arrests of slash fic writers in China? Real or propaganda? (www.abc.net.au)

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(boy's love writers, so i guess more yaoi then slash) admit i didn't read the whole article because it seems ridiculous and western reporting on China is like 90% fabrications. someone educate me on whatever this is. is it conservative local governments doing local government shit?

my partner loves this shit especially from China and i don't want to inform her about some made up BS designed to radicalize the slash and yaoi community against the CPC

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Article does indeed say

China last updated its laws on "digitally obscene" content in 2010.
Those regulations said the "production, reproduction, publication, trafficking, dissemination" of any obscene works that generate more than 5,000 clicks online, or that make profits of more than 5,000 yuan ($1,072), should be treated as a crime.

It's not immediately clear from the article if the works in question are 18+ or are just treated as obscene for being gay.