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It's pretty strange how the floodgates opened in 2025 and seemingly every government decided to try this to some extent in unison. I wonder what their real reas
by forgotoldacc 1y ago
It's pretty strange how the floodgates opened in 2025 and seemingly every government decided to try this to some extent in unison. I wonder what their real reason is for this and how much governments discussed this together.
- ekaryotic 1y ago[flagged]
- perching_aix 1y agohave you tried checking?
- Finnucane 1y agoyou don’t really need a lot of collusion. Control of the media and communication channels is a natural impulse of authoritarian goverments.
- hulitu 1y ago> Control of the media and communication channels is a natural impulse of authoritarian goverments. and of surveillance capitalism. Funny how they collude with one another.
- Finnucane 1y agoBut surveillance capitalism wants unrestricted access, and they will gladly share with authorities in order to profit from it. They don't want governments to cut them off.
- password54321 1y agoAnd who do you think is controlling most of these platforms?
- thisislife2 1y agoIt's because the rest of the world has realised how deeply tied Western and Chinese BigTech are deeply tied to US and Chinese intelligence agencies, respectively (surveillance capitalism). The active lobbying made by the US government against data privacy laws (especially to store data locally and not share it with foreign entities) is just one example of a red flag that has lead to this. (I fully support this move - there is absolutely no way any foreign government should have control and influence over your - communication platform and your media platforms.)