Here's a difference - in the US, this is a power that corporations have over you that they can exercise randomly, and outside of general visibility. In China, i

Here's a difference - in the US, this is a power that corporations have over you that they can exercise randomly, and outside of general visibility. In China, iut's a power that the government has, which they can exercise randomly (but less so recently) but very visibly. In the US, there is a long history of self-appointed leaders in moral and political panics shutting down dissent via social norms and pressure, with or without the blessing of a government institution.