It was revealed in emails leaked by hackers that Sony altered a couple of scenes in its new movie, “Pixels,” to avoid the censors in China. According to Times, China has the policy of censoring content that “disparages the government, endangers national unity or harms public morale.” To ensure the release of “Pixels” in China, a growing consumer of movies, Sony decided to alter a scene in which the aliens in “Pixels” strike a hole in the Great Wall of China. They also changed another scene in which China was suggested to be a suspect to the attack and referred to as “Communist-conspiracy brother” in another cyberattack. Sony avoided these politically sensitive scenes to ensure that the film would be played in China - but do you think they compromised their creative integrity in doing so?
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