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People are digitally tarred and feathered every day in the US, even if they don't take part in social media. Reddit alone has dozens of "bullying" communities,
by Someone1234 8y ago
People are digitally tarred and feathered every day in the US, even if they don't take part in social media. Reddit alone has dozens of "bullying" communities, where random people are subjected to ridicule. 4Chan is a whole other level.
When people take part in social media, they only make themselves a more likely subject of the bullying (e.g. twitter's ability to pile onto someone, like a teenager wearing a chinese-style dress).
- simonh 8y agoCertainly we need to work on the problem of toxic online communities and cybe bullying, but surely industrialised and coordinated state bullying, censorship and humiliation is at another level? Espciallly give the that China has exactly the same problems of toxic communities and bullying anyway. It’s not as if the West has a monopoly on that, so somehow these some sort of balance between the two.
- gruez 8y agoThe difference is that those people aren't backed by the government.