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Re:Employee #1: Reddit (2016) by onethought on Thursday February 11, 2021 @03:39PM (#26106825)
No. They were talking about Tencent. Then without evidence drew a line to CCP...
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Re:Employee #1: Reddit (2016) by eqetnjxad on Friday February 12, 2021 @03:43PM (#26118328)
It is alleged that Tencent was formed with funding from the Ministry of State Security[0](Chinese equivalent of KGB). They make propaganda games for the CCP as well[1].

[0] https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/23/china-tech-giants-proce...

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-06/tencent-h...

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Re:Employee #1: Reddit (2016) by onethought on Friday February 12, 2021 @05:25PM (#26119232)
And it’s alleged the internet was a department of defence project...

What do you think Call of Duty is? If not a patriotic “American is the best” propaganda piece.

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