Re: Bogus Usenet outside USA

On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:10:37 +0100, [email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote:

>Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is it easy to create a bogus Usenet? Of course, you do it outside the
>> jurisdiction of United States of America, of course!
>
>Usenet is not under the jurisdiction of United States of America, it is
>a worldwide distributed service.  Each News Service Provider is under
>the jurisdiction of its own national lawmakers individually.
>
>> Can Hong Kong (with China's help) do it with ease? How about Britain?
>
>If Hong Kong has the blessing of the CCP it can, or if it can escape
>"The Great Firewall of China" it can.  Anywhere that can host a
>newserver can join Usenet if it can find peers.  Any user anywhere can
>connect to any newsserver worldwide if not blocked by a firewall.
>
>A NNTP news service need not be connected to Usenet, it can be a
>stand-alone or peer with any other news service that doesn't propagate
>to Usenet.

     At one time people in China could access some, maybe all, of
Usenet. There were three regulars in alt.friends who posted from
China. Since nothing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would have
viewed as subversive was ever posted, from anyone, there wasn't
anything for them to fear from that. 
     This was around 20 years ago. I have no idea what access, if any,
is available now.

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Kenito Benito
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And FEMA camp counselor.