Chinese law requiring internet companies to spy on users comes into effect this week

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And the jackboot continues to look for new faces to stomp.

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Amber Rudd must be gutted she wasn’t first.

I think it’s time for everyone to agree that the Internet has turned out to be a nifty tool to spy on each other.

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This law is not actually necessary, is it? It’s more a matter of organizing what’s already been there for decades. Kind of like the PATRIOT Act.

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Looking forward to the “Greyball edition” for the Chinese surveillance toolkits that are part of the apps.

Theresa May is no doubt extremely jealous.

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