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Re:WeChat and the Surveillance State by jimclegg on Saturday June 08, 2019 @02:38PM (#20134190)
Seems like a difference without distinction if the outcomes desired by the government are achieved through retired agents and a variety of pressure points.

The illusion of "average citizen control" is more common in USA population than China it seems, whether this control is real is debatable.

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Re:WeChat and the Surveillance State by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:31PM (#20136157)
The current American government regularly issues proclamations that major news organizations are publishing fake news. It sure doesn't seem like they're achieving their desired outcomes there. Maybe that's not a fair comparison - have any major Chinese companies been able to say "yes, we understand Xi Jinping wants us to do X, but we think he's authoritarian and wrong so we won't do it"?
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