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From the article: > The IJOP system, which keeps track of practically the entire Xinjiang population, alerts authorities when a person unexpectedly crosses vir
by will4274 7y ago
From the article:
> The IJOP system, which keeps track of practically the entire Xinjiang population, alerts authorities when a person unexpectedly crosses virtual "fences" by driving past a certain checkpoint or checking into a hotel
Is there a western country where the government gets push notifications each time a citizen travels too far from home?
Pointing out similar privacy problems of other modern governments is fine, but trying to excuse the worst of the worst (China) by claiming it happens everywhere is a false equivalency.
- thfuran 7y agoAnd even if it does happen elsewhere, that's no excuse for anywhere it happens.
- jstanley 7y agoI wasn't trying to excuse anything! I was pointing out that the problem is much broader than China. But you're right that I only read the headline, and the article does make it sound worse than the headline did :).
- CharlesColeman 7y ago> I wasn't trying to excuse anything! I was pointing out that the problem is much broader than China. > But you're right that I only read the headline... Please don't do that. Your hot take based on the headline was identical in form if not intent to a propaganda technique called whataboutism, which is meant to distract attention away from particular abuses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism