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asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI mean, to be fair, both are extremely bad and should be stopped, but a hostile foreign country gather data and pushing propaganda on your citizens IS worse than you or non-hostile foreign countries doing it.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I would argue that gathering data about your own citizens is actively worse than china doing it; an average US citizen has a lot more to lose if the 3-letter-agencies or the police use it against them, because those are who you would have to deal with in person.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Valid point. I think the issue is that we know there is no good reason for China to have that data, and we know that they are hostile, so it’s an easy decision.