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But I'm not in china. And i'm pretty sure our police has easier ways to get facebook/twitter data than tiktok (qq, ...) data. > Yet if you say the wrong thing

But I'm not in china. And i'm pretty sure our police has easier ways to get facebook/twitter data than tiktok (qq, ...) data. > Yet if you say the wrong thing on Chinese social media in China you can be arrested. Same in eg. britain. And again, they're in "five eyes" and get access to many things. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/arrests-for-offensive-facebook-and-twitter-posts-soar-in-london-a7064246.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/arrests-for-offensive-... > According to the Register, a total of 2,500 Londoners have been arrested over the past five years for allegedly sending “offensive” messages via social media. In 2015, 857 people were detained, up 37 per cent increase since 2010.

philliphaydon 4y ago
I'm really unsure why people try to justify it as 'but im not in china' like that makes everything ok or makes you think you're free from the grasp of the CCP. > Same in eg. britain. And again, they're in "five eyes" and get access to many things. Except it's not the same thing, its broken laws on public display. No need for data collection for that. But nice attempt at trying to change from China to US to UK.
- snehk 4y ago
  > Except it's not the same thing, its broken laws on public display. It's the exact same thing in China. We can disagree with the laws there but it's not like laws don't exist and they just do whatever. The laws are draconian but they're still laws.
  - philliphaydon 4y ago
    > It's the exact same thing in China. It's really not the same thing.
    - snehk 4y ago
      It's the exact same thing, you just don't like it because it causes cognitive dissonance.