This is pretty chilling! Based on the details of this case, a US student who used twitter to criticise Chinese premier Xi Jinping was jailed when visiting China.

What is even more disturbing is the fact the CHICOMS used surveillance tech to track down the user of the twitter account.

“The social media app TikTok has [drawn blowback for reportedly sending user information back to the Chinese government. A lawsuit even alleges that the app contains Chinese surveillance software. It is worth considering just how connected these two things may be. The most harrowing aspect of this student’s struggles is that the Chinese government used technology to find the owner of an anonymous account and then have them detained for months before being charged for “denigrating the national leader’s image” and then being sentenced for “provocation.”

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