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China To Plant Internet Police In Top Online Firms
itwbennett writes: Websites based in China already have to abide by strict provisions for online censorship, and will often delete any content deemed offensive by government censors. But under a new plan announced Tuesday by the Ministry of Public Security security forces will be placed at the offices of the country's major websites, so that they can quickly respond to suspected online crimes. No specific companies were mentioned in the statement put out by the Ministry, but the country's biggest Internet firms include Alibaba Group, Baidu and Tencent.
So, it's good because it's only fascism-lite for now?
Because, honestly, the fact that it's stepping all over the law and the Constitution to do it tells me there should be a lot more outrage than there is.
You know, like the nationally endorsed perjury they call "parallel construction" and the police forces which want to hide the fact they illegally use surveillance technology without a warrant?
I have yet to be convinced they actually only target individuals. In fact, I'm pretty sure what they do amounts to general warrants.
But, no, let's keep pretending our own governments aren't trying to do the same exact thing and that it's only a little illegal curtailing of our rights and a tiny amount of ignoring due process of law.
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Well, that's where the regulatory capture comes in. For some, it's a stated goal.
In case you haven't been paying attention, it's already happened.
Lobbyists work for government long enough to stack the deck before they return to being lobbyists. Corporations write the laws which give them the best deal.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Then we can station troops in peoples homes here in the US. That way we can keep an eye on everyone and prevent crime, movie piracy, terrorism or whatever.