I didn't say that it's in the same league, I just mentioned that we do have censorship for opinions that the government thinks are dangerous. That is _exactly_

I didn't say that it's in the same league, I just mentioned that we do have censorship for opinions that the government thinks are dangerous. That is _exactly_ the same way China justifies its censorship. It doesn't matter that the US censors less, since once the laws are in place to censor opinions, the government can always expand censorship activities later. I stand by my opinion, that Chinese social networks would be censored here, if they were as widely used as Facebook. Just imagine the NSA being unable to reach all your private data while China can. This wouldn't be tolerated.