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No offense, but this feels like a nice but meaningless soundbite, and a bit of 'whataboutism'. The important part of any internet law, and any country's level
by westiseast 11y ago
No offense, but this feels like a nice but meaningless soundbite, and a bit of 'whataboutism'.
The important part of any internet law, and any country's level of freedom/privacy on the internet isn't measured by the bland statements policy makers make to the press, but in the content of the laws that actually get passed. I'm sure you could find two statements from Hitler and JFK about how they love kids - doesn't mean they are equivalent.
- rpgmaker 11y agoIt is not meaningless. There is a push in the west for the same kind of laws. In the US and UK particularly, not whataboutism at all.
- j42 11y agoI do think there's some value to pointing out the irony though; two men from two cultures that couldn't be more distinct, with titles that could be synonyms, using what is essentially the same scripted prose to control and appease the media/populace. Personally I find it disheartening. I think the Chinese are copying key aspects of the American Media/propaganda model because it's been demonstrated as so damn effective...