[fwn]

> China is definitely digitally fenced-off and you don't see it having these issues.

China is the textbook example of this problem. Political power in China routinely uses infrastructure to suppress or punish those who deviate from approved positions. This is precisely the risk that the article raises.

And obviously, if the ICC were to switch to Chinese infrastructure, it would just be trading one leverage for a more active one.

[pk-protect-ai]

Now this happens in US too... ICC must use its own mail servers. Actually any government or international organization must use its own infrastructure. Dependency on any 3rd party is an attack vector.

[saubeidl]

That's a separate issue. Infrastructure is never suppressed in China because somebody outside of China disapproves of a position. The sovereignty of the Chinese state is maintained.

[trod1234]

> who deviate from approved positions.

That's making it sound like those approved positions are unchanging. They constantly change, and punish those that didn't change quick enough.

The anaconda in the chandelier in a locked room of blind people.