I don’t like _anyone_ doing mass surveillance but, as a European who also likes EU far from perfect attempts to curtail it, I do sigh when people think there is

I don’t like _anyone_ doing mass surveillance but, as a European who also likes EU far from perfect attempts to curtail it, I do sigh when people think there isn’t a vast difference between US corporations and the CCP. At a bare minimum Facebook etc exist within a relatively free society with laws and elections and freedom of speech. It’s a question of degree and the degree is huge.