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Any country that has been paying attention in recent years knows that the internet allows the opposition to organize, coordinate, and recruit effectively. The

Any country that has been paying attention in recent years knows that the internet allows the opposition to organize, coordinate, and recruit effectively. The US and China deal with this by ensuring they have leverage over the platforms that people use to communicate. Other countries that do not have this leverage, have to resort to shutting down the internet in areas of unrest.

saagarjha 7y ago
Yes, but presumably people have a say in the laws that let this happen?
rqs 7y ago
You know what, that "resort to" will probably cause more uprising. Some people maybe don't care about what ever is happening outside, but now they cannot connect to Steam anymore. China was disconnected Xinjiang from the network in the past. During that time, some Xinjiangers traveled to neighboring province so they can take care their business in some online game. I guess they were the people who received the most piss from the disconnect, not those "uprising organizers".
mandeepj 7y ago
> The US and China deal with this by ensuring they have leverage over the platforms that people use to communicate. By leverage, you mean the Prism project in USA?