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by 50CNT 3112 days ago
For whoever this is news to, check out this XinhuaNet[0] article on holding group administrators accountable for things said in their groups. That they're able to view things is implicit in that. Then check out the pushes for Real Name Identification with online services[1] and phone numbers [2]. Check out the social credit system[3], mandatory by 2020[4]. The national face recognition system [5]. Its actually kinda incredible.

[0]http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/08/c_136592568.htm [1]https://ifex.org/china/2017/09/06/ban-anonymous-content/ [2]https://www.techinasia.com/china-start-enforcing-realname-mo...! [3]https://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-cr... [4]https://investmentwatchblog.com/in-china-every-citizen-is-be... [5]https://technode.com/2017/10/13/china-makes-progress-on-its-...

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If by "incredible" you mean "a dystopian hellscape" then yes, it is. And with this comment I probably just eliminated any possibility of a Chinese visa!
See, that's why you just say that it's an incredible technological achievement. Gotta work on those Social Credit scores.