This list is for companies who have stood up to Chinese censorship demands and refused to be censored
Whitelisted Company | Date Added | Why added | Sources |
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Matt Stone & Trey Parker (Comedy Central) | 2019-10-09 | Released South Park episode mocking Chinese censorship, causing show to be censored in China, then issued a mock apology. In a followup episode, there is a scene where characters scream "fuck the Chinese government!" | |
Ubisoft | 2019-10-09 | Refused to implement aesthetic changes ordered by China to game, however this was a U-Turn following an earlier decision to comply | |
Prague City Council | 2019-10-09 | Canceled sister city agreement with Beijing after China refused to remove clause in agreement which stipulated that the council must support the "one-china" principle | |
Epic Games | 2019-10-09 | CEO Tim Sweeney made a statement on twitter claiming that the company will not take action against players who voice support for the Hong Kong protests | |
Immutable | 2019-10-10 | Covered the prize money of the gamer banned from Hearthstone | |
Omegle | 2019-10-11 | Displayed the statements "Xi Jinping sure looks like Winnie the Pooh" and "Stand with Hong Kong!" on their homepage; Suggested messages upon starting a chat included messages like "The Tienanmen Square massacre was evil" | |
European Broadcasting Union | 2019-10-12 | Revoked EuroVision broadcasting rights of Hunan TV after LGBT-related content are censored during its livestream | |
Quentin Tarantino | 2019-10-22 | Refused to re-cut "One upon a time in Hollywood" for the Chinese market to placate Chinese censors and allow a release in China | |
Mitsubishi Motors Taiwan | 2019-10-30 | Ended Blizzard sponsorship after Hong Kong player ban | |
Notepad++ | 2019-11-01 | Stand up for human rights and released a version named 'Free Uyghur' | |
Swedish Government | 2019-11-15 | Refused to back down after being threatened by China with "counter-measures" over culture prize to Chinese author Gui Minhai | |
Estonian Government | 2020-02-18 | Rejected Chinese embassy requests to change Foreign Intelligence Service yearbook |