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I’m not a lemmygrad user. I’m simply stating facts?

There’s literally many recent news articles of Canadians getting in legal trouble from American companies because of the things they posted or things they downloaded.

The Canadian government isn’t handing me over to China or allowing China to come get me.

My comment is not even pro China. I’m just saying that nothing I say or do will allow China to put me in jail. Can’t say the same about America.

You should learn to read. I would prefer no one get my data, but it’s statistically safer for me for China to get it over an American company. However, no one should get it. Fuck shit American companies, fuck shit Chinese companies.

Jul 7, 2023 at 3:59amWeb
Show threadsettinmoonJul 7, 2023
This is actually what I wanted to say to a lot of people. During peace times, allowing a foreign adversary stealing your data is a lot less damaging to your personal freedoms than your own government stealing your data. We need to be wary every time when our own government tries to tries to introduces surveillance laws under the disguise of “national security”.
Show threadSpacetimeMachineJul 7, 2023
“Peace times” doesn’t mean much when wars are waged through propagandizing a countries population to promote civil unrest. Russia was doing this for years and look how it changed the country completely in 2016. I’m certain china will be doing the same. I think people vastly underestimate the value of this data, and what a foreign power can do with it. They can subtly shape the future of a country to damage it far worse than some proxy war will.
Show threadsettinmoonJul 7, 2023
I’m glad that you brought up the problem of foreign propaganda. I firmly believe the government shouldn’t be there to tell me what kind of views I can and cannot see. Some exceptions already exist such as blatant calls for violence which we already have clear guidelines on. Other than that, government is in no place to regulate speech. What’s the point of beating Russia and China when we become just like them?
Show threadghariksforgeJul 7, 2023
For me America is the foreign power. One that keeps murdeing people in my corner of the world.
Show threadRaoulDookJul 7, 2023

You’re about half right. How about just not giving the foreign adversary your data at all?

You don’t NEED TikTok. Nobody does, it’s fucking garbage artificial ADD fuel. Everyone should get rid of it.

Show threadsettinmoonJul 7, 2023
Well I don’t use TikTok and couldn’t care less if they get banned. If you actually read the bills that’s getting passed like the RESTRICT act in the US you’d realize it’s not about banning TikTok and it has numerous vague and concerning clauses that infringes on your privacy. My opinion is always have better privacy laws and enforce it equally on all companies. When my government blatantly tries to steal more of my data and pretend they’re actually doing me a favor I’d rather the foreign adversary have it for free.
Show threadRaoulDookJul 7, 2023
Well I agree with everything you said there, except for the last 9 words of it.
Show threadsettinmoonJul 7, 2023
To each their own. Ideally no company should have those data that can be used for spying by any government. But if I have to choose, I personally fear government overreach more than anything else. We can agree to disagree here.
Show threadTomoombaJul 7, 2023

Yep no need to worry about china in Canada! You’re so safe there!

reuters.com/…/there-may-be-more-chinese-police-st…

There may be more 'Chinese police stations" in Canada, minister says

There may be more "Chinese police stations" operating in Canada, the Public Safety Minister told a Canadian TV station on Sunday, months after police <a href="/world/americas/canada-police-probe-alleged-chinese-police-stations-montreal-2023-03-09/">said</a> they were investigating whether two community centers in Montreal were being used to intimidate or harass Canadians of Chinese origin.

Reuters