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China has more Internet monitors than soldiers.

3 pointsby teawithcarlover 11 years ago

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bediger4000over 11 years ago
I&#x27;m not sure what to make of this, if indeed it is true. One or more of:<p>1. China keeps a tight reign on its populace, or at least on popular opinion.<p>2. China needs to employ a whole lot middle-management types.<p>3. It&#x27;s cheaper to censor debate that it is to have debate.<p>4. Censorable debate isn&#x27;t necessarily or even very often criminal in China - if the USA censored something, the author(s) would likely end up in jail.<p>5. This is the future of The Rest of The Internet.