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Google has handed over user data to Hong Kong authorities. Chances are Meta and Apple have as well. It's possible that the Chinese government has never sought i
by criddell 3y ago
Google has handed over user data to Hong Kong authorities. Chances are Meta and Apple have as well. It's possible that the Chinese government has never sought information on individuals for political reasons but I wouldn't trust that to be true.
If you were in China, would you feel comfortable clicking on a pro-democracy ad running on Meta? Wouldn't just the fact that Meta determined you were a good candidate for that ad bother you?
- cm2012 3y agoGoogle and Meta are both banned in China because they wouldn't give the party everything it wanted. Not to mention your ISP has all the same info (with more detail!) and also will give it to the government.
- criddell 3y agoYou're making my point better than I did. The unregulated collection of data on people will lead to real harm. If all that data couldn't lead to real harm, then Google and Meta would have no problem handing it over to whatever authority wants it.
- cm2012 3y agoThat doesn't follow and is very stretched logic.
- criddell 3y agoIf companies that track everything we do online were to start freely sharing this information with governments around the world, do you think it would lead to real harm? The answer is clearly yes. Therefore users should have control over the data that a company collects about them and their activities.