Politics, censorship, territory disputes, and gaming? These aren’t usually found in the same arenas. Gaming has become a $130 billion dollar market with political implications — and Chinese censorship is leading the way.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is massively successful, and it’s a top seller on the App Store. It’s from South Korean video game company Bluehole, if you were to play PUBG on mobile today, you’d find that “Taiwan” is censored in all the text chats. That word, when sent into chat, is displayed in all asterisks. This will happen no matter what country you are playing from.
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