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They are currently only able to completely block the website from China. If they can get an influential stake then they can have it open in China with back door

by esrauch 15y ago

They are currently only able to completely block the website from China. If they can get an influential stake then they can have it open in China with back doors to block certain traffic/words and give law enforcement access to information on dissidents.

mef 15y ago
Sure, but what motivation would they have to open it in China instead of just blocking it and propping up a Facebook-style Chinese site that they can surveil for free?
- esrauch 15y ago
  Perhaps they could get access to information about people outside of China.
  - Locke1689 15y ago
    Doubtful. They're probably not even going to be stored in the same datacenters.
prostoalex 15y ago
It's a dual-class stock structure, "an influential stake" is purely theoretical.