The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)

  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Don’t fall for the proximity bias, china is decades ahead on surveillance and stepping on personal rights. They act as a hive. They care more for what they believe that are they nationals and may look harmless to us non-chinese… but i do fear them.

    In any case, I dont see them pressing a button to launch swarms of AI commanded drones to kill every person on a partially AI generated list that they probably already have in their hands, right now… i leave that dystopia to israel alone.

    • dreamkeeper@literature.cafe
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      1 day ago

      The US has the largest prison population on the planet but China is the one stepping on people’s rights?

      I get that the CCP sucks ass but come on. As far as I’m concerned YouTube needs a serious competitor, it’s not like I’m moving to Shenzhen or something. YouTube is a complete and utter shithole.

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      3 days ago

      and stepping on personal rights.

      The racial make-up of the prison population suggests that the lead is not that big.