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Offering them jobs seems pretty fool-proof.

Lol because they wouldn't pass the first audit of this blockchain if it was a legal company... I don't see it.

They could be hired as "consultants" in order to skirt any potential legal complications.

What would be owner of that consultancy firm have to gain from hive?

20,000 users at the cost of 20 + salaries?

My original hypothesis was that a state actor like China might want to suppress free-speech (any speech that criticized China and or the idea of "communism").

Corporations have spent enormous amounts of money in order to "protect" their "reputation" from "journalists".

It doesn't seem difficult to imagine someone might not like all the "qanon" and "informationwar" posting.

Well I guess its time to make a Witness node that is specifically for this and get votes.

Imagine a wikileaks account on HIVE.

Imagine how "censorship resistant" HIVE would be if it were truly tested.