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> This does not exist currently in the West. WeChat exists because they have a de facto monopoly granted by the government in exchange for widespread surveilla
by richbell 3y ago
> This does not exist currently in the West.
WeChat exists because they have a de facto monopoly granted by the government in exchange for widespread surveillance and censorship.
- qball 3y agoTrue- by contrast, Twitter went all in on widespread censorship and surveillance on behest of the US government (to say nothing of the Europeans) and all they got was... the ability to keep functioning. Clearly, they should have asked for more.
- pests 3y ago[citation needed]
- CraigRo 3y agoThey sold the company for 3x what anyone else would pay for it
- Wytwwww 3y agoI'm not sure you understand the scale of censorship and surveillance in China. It's almost an apples to oranges comparison (well was anyway... before some deranged bureaucrats decided that it might be fun to reenact 1984).