Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie over South China Sea map | CNN
Vietnam has banned Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday. (Warner Bros’, like CNN, is ...
it's so that our traffic doesn't help CNN with ads and unique views. It also helps combat their malevolent editing habits where they write and publish lies and the surreptitiously edit or remove the article a day later to avoid legal action.
I have an adblocker that I only disable for sites I like, that should not be a problem, and the unique views I don´t think they mean much unless they can monetize those views with adverts.