Censorship FTW! China bans Paris Hilton, minor Kardashians et al

[tangor]

It might be time to reconsider the evils of China's censorship regime, after the Middle Kingdom slapped a ban on reality TV shows featuring celebrities' children.

China's not super-keen on reality shows: this 2015 speech by official Tian Jin urges their producers to make people, not celebrities, the real heroes of such programs. It also calls for reality shows to demonstrate proper socialistic values, represent historical and cotemporary Chinese culture faithfully and avoid sexing things up and thereby straying from the truth.

[theregister.co.uk...]

If you operate an entertainment site that features these folks, you might not have penetration into the Chinese market.

Yeah, this is tongue in cheek kind of stuff, but is an example that not all markets are equal and some content is less so.

[engine]

Some of the so-called "celebrities" and their antics probably would not be missed, imho. I'm constantly surprised at the minutia of trivia around some of these. How is 99.99999% of it worthwhile. I guess it's the reality TV and Internet generation and I just have to accept it.
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