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Re:China scours social media, erases thousands of accounts by anon57325 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:04PM (#18443140)
Such a system could also be attacked in a democracy.

Just look at how the US government handled the Liberty Dollar.

It would be even easier now with National Security Letters and Secret Courts. Heck, look what happened to Lavabit.

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Re:China scours social media, erases thousands of accounts by Tuna-Fish on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @04:00PM (#18444861)
True. My point was that in a democracy, it would be attacked in a different way, and the post I was replying to was thinking about defending from the kind of attacks that would be done in a democracy. China has other tools.
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