How is censorship / ”alternative information” affecting them? Genuinely curious as I’ve only read briefly about it and it was ages ago.

I've tried deepseek a few months ago and asket about the Tiananmen square protests and massacre.

At first the answer was "I can't say anything that might hurt people" but with a little persuasion it went further.

The answer wasn't the current official answer but way more nuanced that Wikipedia's article. More in the vein of "we don't know for sure", "different versions", "external propaganda", "some officials have lied and been arrested since"

In the end, when I asked whether I should trust the government or ask for multiple source, it strongly suggested to use multiple sources to form an opinion.

= not as censored as I expected.