SZ Podcast “The Great Firewall”:Why China is wiping the LGBTQ community off the internet
The fifth episode of the new podcast series “The Great Firewall”.
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When filmmaker Fan Popo discovers that his documentary “Mama Rainbow” is being censored online, he decides to fight back. He is suing the censors in China. The fifth episode of the new SZ podcast series.
by Antonia Franz and Lea Sahay
The LGBTQ community in China is bigger than anywhere else, but in recent years it has come under increasing pressure. She has lost representation and freedoms. And suffers from massive censorship. Why does the Chinese government see them as a threat?
“Mama Rainbow” is the fifth episode of the eight-part podcast series “The Great Firewall: How China is Changing the Internet”. You can find episode 1 here, episode 2 here, episode 3 here and episode 4 here. Each episode deals with a term that is censored on the Chinese Internet. A production of Süddeutsche Zeitung – everywhere there are podcasts. For example on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or in your favorite podcast app.