Genshin Impact-Censorship: "gacha game has some pretty egregious seediness".
Don't chat about "Taiwan" or "Hong Kong"
Veteran journalist and translator Kazuma Hashimoto revealed on Twitter that Genshin Impact (a free-to-play RPG from Chinese developer miHoYo)Â has some fairly egregious censorship in its global chat. When players attempt to write out "Hong Kong," "Kong," or "Taiwan," it's treated as profanity and censored with asterisks.1
Also censored: 'Putin', 'Hitler', 'Stalin' and 'Falun Gong'. 2
Genshin Impact has earned over a billion dollars. 3
Bondeau, Bella. (2020) Genshin Impact Censors "Taiwan" And "Hong Kong" In Chat. The Gamer (Oct.6).
Prescott, Shaun (2020). Genshin Impact's chat filter removes 'Taiwan' and 'Hong Kong,' but also 'Putin,' 'Hitler,' and 'words'PC Gamer (Oct.6).
Genshin Impact Races Past $1 Billion on Mobile in Less Than Six Months. (2021) SensorTower.
Never thought about that. Vulnerability must also apply to other programs' chat functions. The cyberuniverse has left me behind.