Violent crimes committed by foreigners are covered in the media far more frequently than is justified by their share in police crime statistics, a new study has found.
In January this year, Al Jazeera reported that China’s social media firms face scrutiny over hate speech after stabbings (at least 4 foreign nationals were killed at the time in China, including a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen), saying that Xenophobic and hyper-nationalistic comments are easy to come by on Chinese social media platforms.
The horrible thing is that all this happens on Chinese media that is heavily censored by the Chinese government usually deleting everything that is against its policies.
This is unfortunately not limited to Germany.
The NGO Human Rights Watch has urged on China to combat anti-black racism and online hate on Chinese social media, but the call didn’t bear any fruit it seems.
In January this year, Al Jazeera reported that China’s social media firms face scrutiny over hate speech after stabbings (at least 4 foreign nationals were killed at the time in China, including a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen), saying that Xenophobic and hyper-nationalistic comments are easy to come by on Chinese social media platforms.
Just this week, another report revealed that racist AI fantasies are spreading on China’s internet as anti-black videos speak to popular prejudices.
The horrible thing is that all this happens on Chinese media that is heavily censored by the Chinese government usually deleting everything that is against its policies.
[Edit typo.]
Why the hell do Chinese people even care about black people? China’s population is about 0.04% black.
Whatabout … China!?
Won’t somebody think about … China???
You’re probably right, but this is article is about a different country on a different continent.
Uh… K?