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Just like every other social media site, but to the DOJ this one is bad because it's directly Chinese and not merely heavily invested in by the Chinese.
by kjkjadksj 2y ago
Just like every other social media site, but to the DOJ this one is bad because it's directly Chinese and not merely heavily invested in by the Chinese.
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- DangitBobby 2y agoI'd love to hear more about Facebook and Twitter collecting data about people's specific politics and opinions and sharing them directly with the Chinese!
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoI have no data but I speculate that since US companies sell surveillance for money, foreign governments just set up shell companies and buy everything they can. We constantly hear about controversies of these companies selling huge swaths of our data. It would be absurd for foreign governments to ignore this! Basically our downfall is our unending need for profit which will see us selling ourselves down the river. EDIT: Fine here is some data. "Each Facebook User Is Monitored by Thousands of Companies" You're telling me not any one of those companies is likely to be a foreign intelligence agency's shell company? https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-a5824207467/ https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-fac...
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI'll go a step further and remove the word "speculate." It's such an obvious thing to do that I'd just expect it to happen.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoYeah certainly.
- squigz 2y agoNo, they just share that data with the US government and anyone else who can pay. As a Canadian, I fail to see why I should be more worried about "the Chinese" than the Americans.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoSpeaking of foreign investment I believe the Saudis own a large portion of Twitter (or its debt) which is no less comforting.
- quitit 2y agoYou state this like it's not a problem. Chinese companies are totally beholden to their government.
- ngcazz 2y agoWell... American governments are totally beholden to their companies ;)
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- SR2Z 2y agoAnd their citizens, because that's the point of democracy ;)
- decremental 2y agoThere's really no excuse for this level of naivete anymore.
- beefnugs 2y agoWhen you read shit this blatent, it all snaps into place so clearly. You can just twist anything to mean anything for each political cycle. Where are the headlines: Meta collected Department of justice romantic and pornography habits. Google collected exact location down to the minute of all FBI agent locations for their entire careers. Microsoft has Recall database of every single government employee, able to download with 1 bit flip in a mandatory update.