Why is the Chinese Chatbot Ernie banning users from asking about Winnie the Pooh?

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It has been discovered that the Chinese Premier, Xi Jinping , and his regime are unhappy with jokes being made about him on social media, including the depiction of Winnie the Pooh as a mockery of his policies. Chinese tech giant Baidu recently unveiled a chatbot named 'Ernie,' which stands for ‘Enhanced Representation of Knowledge Integration’. Winnie the Pooh has been censored in Chinese popular culture, and Ernie 's database has also been modified to exclude him. CNBC recently reported that when asked about the Chinese government's opinion of Winnie the Pooh, Ernie responded by banning the user. This censorship...