• China bans Peppa Pig because she 'promotes gangster attitudes'
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/peppa-pig-ban-china-childrens-tv-cartoon-gangster-douyin-a8332846.html Popular children’s cartoon character Peppa Pig has been blocked from an online video channel in China after becoming associated with a “gangster” subculture. The search term #PeppaPig was removed from video app Douyin, making as many as 30,000 videos of the playful pink piglet unreachable, according to reports in Chinese media.  The censorship came after Peppa’s likeness became popular with a subculture of internet users known as "shehuiren" or “society people - a group who some say hold “anti-establishment views” and “gangster” attitudes. The Global Times explained said “society people” who have embraced Peppa as their unlikely symbol, are those “who run counter to the mainstream value and are usually poorly educated with no stable job.”  The piglet, who is usually seen playing with friends in the mud or taking part in other wholesome adventures in the original British show, is presented in a different context entirely in the memes.  Peppa has even become a popular image for tattoos with Douyin reportedly users encouraging each other to get one. It is not clear whether the censorship of Peppa on Douyin was prompted by a government mandate.  Winnie the Pooh was previously blocked by censors, after the tubby bear was compared by internet users to President Xi Jinping.
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oh fuck me, 'Subversive' Peppa Pig censored in China I am late. Can this thread be deleted/closed/purged?
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That's not the only thing Peppa Pig promotes, it also promotes Islamic extremism, as shown in this clip from the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qZg3zOkpw
Did someone show them the gangster Peppa memes and they thought it was serious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbI7URa6NVQ
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