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> Look at which governments are most enthusiastic… > about.fb.com You do realize American corporations routinely cover up (or even actively participate in) U.
by oefrha 4y ago
> Look at which governments are most enthusiastic…
> about.fb.com
You do realize American corporations routinely cover up (or even actively participate in) U.S. and allies’ intelligence operations? You’re not going to get an objective, or should I say authentic, view on which governments are most enthusiastic about almost anything from fb.com.
- brutusborn 4y agoYou beat me to it. Of course a US corporation isn't going to list the US as a source of propaganda or a surveillance state. Wikileaks has shown the US has a huge surveillance apparatus. I suspect the fb.com poster is either a spook, or extremely naive.
- seydor 4y agoi know this is the case. A US corporation is completely dependent on the US state to even exist. Still, the US is infinitely more transparent than the countries mentioned. Such countries jail or murder journalists. People in the west are rightfully sensitive to such matters. They have no idea how far worse it is in other corners of the internet. Sophie zhang has published many such cases, but the audience just doesn't seem so interested (presumably because they can't use it for domestic politics).
- FpUser 4y ago>"They have no idea how far worse it is in other corners of the internet." a) We do have an idea b) Why the fuck the fact that it is worse somewhere else would make me feel less concerned when my own Government does ugly things? I worry about my own backyard first.
- hobs 4y agoWe jail journalists all the time, and beat them in the streets. Don't report on issues with the police or you're gonna get it.
- Retric 4y agoRates matter here. US cops shake people down via civically asset forfeiture, but they aren’t soliciting bribes when they show up to give you a traffic ticket.
- leto_ii 4y agoI would say the former is a lot worse than the latter.
- snovv_crash 4y agoThe latter does not preclude the former.