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Make no mistake. YC will slowly but surely come under pressure to give the CCP influence over content as well as access to private user data, first their own an
by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
Make no mistake. YC will slowly but surely come under pressure to give the CCP influence over content as well as access to private user data, first their own and then that they wield influence over.
Don't forget the malware-ridden Chinese Skype client, LinkedIn's willingness to censor global content on China's behalf, or Yahoo's capitulation of dissident information that lead to executions.
HN will likely start suppressing any factual discussion on Taiwan or the nine dash line as "flamewar bait" while allowing increasingly nationalistic Chinese propaganda to pass unchecked. It won't be today or tomorrow but money and influence wear down almost any organization eventually.
This is a sad day, and it only marks the beginning what is to come.
- burger_moon 8y agoI noticed that Airbnb operates in China currently. Perhaps there are other YC investments as well, but it seems this isn't the beginning of YC's investment into China. I had begun writing up a tin-foil hat theory on why YC would open this Startup School there, until I realized Airbnb, one of YC's flagship investments is already there.
- whatyoucantsay 8y agoI don't think they're sharing too much user data yet. E.g., a user's visits outside of China are likely still private for a while longer.