[bugglebeetle]

This is a completely irrational argument, rooted solely in xenophobic appeals, that can be trivially dismissed by inverting the premise: Do Chinese citizens have more to fear from state control and monitoring of domestic social media services or those owned by companies outside China?

[franciscop]

Those are not equivalent as I hint in my last paragraph, different countries and gvmt influence do have different risk factors. You can e.g. criticize the US gvmt in a US-based app with no consequences. Good luck doing that in China (that = criticizing the CCP on a Chinese-based app while living in China).

[codedokode]

Actually it might be the other way round. Chinese will not care if you critisize US govt in private messages, but US platform might actually report you to FBI.

[bugglebeetle]

> You can e.g. criticize the US gvmt in a US-based app with no consequences

Oh really? Try that with your police department and see how it works out for you.

https://hellgatenyc.com/nypd-warrantless-subpoena-copwatcher...

[ralphist]

They have more to fear from apps under the Chinese government's control. How does that dismiss the parent's claim?