Sony wants its American PlayStation users to know that it supports social justice and Black Lives Matter. The company also has a message for its Hong Kong users: Don’t badmouth the Chinese Communist Party.
Sony is the latest company to flaunt its social justice credentials in the United States while doing all it can to appease the Chinese government in pursuit of the almighty dollar. The Japanese company released new terms of service for Hong Kong PlayStation users, saying they can’t use their accounts to share information that threatens Chinese “unification” or “damages the honour and interests” of the country. This comes shortly after Sony released a Black Lives Matter theme for free on the PlayStation Store ahead of its PlayStation 5 release. The company postponed an event touting the new console in June in “solidarity” with the movement.
