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Both KGB and Stazi did fully control their citizens. Today there's no any serious technical restriction to get compromising information on anyone or better to s
by novaRom 6y ago
Both KGB and Stazi did fully control their citizens. Today there's no any serious technical restriction to get compromising information on anyone or better to say on everyone from any county. So, almost total control - see Trump, Farage, LePan, AFD, etc.
- voxic11 6y agoWhat does that have to do with social media?
- novaRom 6y agoAre you serious? The report warns that social media “are now tilting dangerously toward illiberalism” as more governments and “unscrupulous partisan operatives” use social media for repressive purposes. These include not only malign propaganda campaigns at home and abroad, but also growing government use of social media for mass surveillance. “As a result of these trends,” Freedom House reports, “global internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year in 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/seanlawson/2019/11/07/evidence-mounts-of-social-medias-negative-impacts-for-democracy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/seanlawson/2019/11/07/evidence-...