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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

What's this supposed to mean? You're tripping on several fronts.

Not only am I a person of color and I also heavily criticize Meta/Amazon/Google and their egregious apps, but news just came out a couple of days ago that the Chinese government sponsored literal malware and attacked civil rights activists with it from inside the US. Yes, it's obviously different than social media, but what do you think they're doing with unlimited access to a popular app that everybody and their grandma has on their phones collecting all that data about people's viewing habits and manipulating feeds?

And yes, I'm aware it's technically spyware but my comment was hyperbole saying Americans would knowingly install malware if they could. They're one step away from it pretending it's activism.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

but what do you think they’re doing with unlimited access to a popular app that everybody and their grandma has on their phones collecting all that data about people’s viewing habits and manipulating feeds?

Never seen a double down while pretending to sidestep quite like that

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Scary words get used to describe normal things when colored skinned people do it.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

ok, but are the Chinese colored skin?

that's what I'm confused about.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Fortunately, that's not what I'm saying, especially as a POC. But thanks for explaining anyway!

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

As a black man, let me tell you about the evil Chinese...