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> it will lead to illiberal regimes banning access to aforementioned MMOs remains to be seen

I'm surprised MMOs are not regularly blocked. Most of them can be used as chat platforms, replacing applications that are already blocked.

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Homeland security did used to watch games like WoW out of concern that terrorists used it to communicate; I dunno if that's still a thing with the rise of encrypted messaging platforms, though.

The same idea came up in the movie Four Lions, where the main characters use Club Penguin to talk about their plans.

https://imdb.com/title/tt1341167/

Also a major plot element of series two and three of the more recent Norwegian show Okkupert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied

Also I think Homeland, where some online mideival knights game for ps2 was used.

Eve Online has a separate server for mainland China than for the rest of the world. Presumably it's subject to government monitoring.

Does WoW have China hosted servers?

Yes. They play on a heavily modified client as well.

https://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/wow-archivist-wow-in-chi...

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