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China Says US Uses Facebook To Spread Political Unrest

Posted by kdawson on from the yeah-and-if-you-don't-watch-out-we'll-twitter-too dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "A Chinese government-backed think tank says the US and other western governments use Facebook and other social networking sites to spread political unrest. Their report says, 'We must pay attention to the potential risks and threats to state security as the popularity of social-networking sites continues to grow,' and calls for increased scrutiny of the sites."

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  1. Re:At the risk of being labelled flamebait. by erroneus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'm with you in all respects. I know where the U.S. has been going and I hate it tremendously. The U.S. is not what it once was and some would even say it never was what we thought it was. But in either case, the state of the nation has definitely slipped further from "American Ideals and Morality" (tm) than ever and it sickens me. We will never have an ideal society, but then I see idealism as a direction, not a goal. I am a U.S. flag waver... but I am also a U.S. flag burner.