Cartier's 'father-son' Valentine draws derision in ChinaCartier's apparent caution has backfiredBEIJING - French luxury brand Cartier is facing online mockery in China over a Valentine-themed advert which appears to show a gay couple who are described in a caption as depicting "father-son" love. The top comment on Cartier's Weibo post was a user who said "I feel like this supports LGBT", to which hundreds of other users responded with messages of support and praise as well as pride-flag emojis. Online content in China, especially content depicting LGBT people, is subject to heavy and often arbitrarily applied censorship. In recent years, censors have muted discussions on social media, banned homosexuality in films and even prevented the sale of rainbow-themed items online. "Ahahahahaha," one Douban user wrote, "gay love has been turned into incest."

Source: Bangkok Post August 13, 2020 07:30 UTC