Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "How China Is Framing the Hong Kong Protests | NYT News" video.

@jianyuhua That's not what he's saying at all. He's explaining that "freedom of speech" pertains only to government actions, which is the case in the United States where the NYT operates. He explains that the New York Times is not an arm of the government and therefore does not have to protect free speech on its platforms. This is the case according to U.S. law. China, for better or worse, does not protect free speech. Some alleged Chinese actions, notably the fairly recent disappearances of Hong Kong booksellers that most observers believe to be abductions by the state for the sale of banned books, point to PRC government suppression of free speech within Hong Kong. I suspect that this incident is probably fueling the opposition to the extradition bill that started this whole thing. All that being said, the New York Times as well as many other western media outlets have a strong anti-Chinese bias in their reporting, and if Crystal Ball is correct then the NYT is extending that bias to their comment platforms in a way reminiscent to what the Chinese government does on the platforms that it controls.
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@vitocorleone8323 What freedoms would a visa-carrying Chinese have in country-X that a Hong Kong resident in Hong Kong does not?
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