A million-word novel got censored before it was even shared

Imagine you are working on your novel on your home computer.

It’s nearly finished; you have already written approximately one million words.

All of a sudden, the online word processing software tells you that you can no longer open the draft because it contains illegal information.

Within an instant, all your words are lost.“

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/15/1056042/chinese-novel-censored-before-shared/

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A million-word novel got censored before it was even shared. Now Chinese users want answers.

After a writer was locked out of her novel for including illegal content, Chinese web users are asking questions about just how far the state’s censorship reaches.