Yeah, but it also happens to be a significant instance with many big communities. It’d be ok if it was hosting only leftist comunities that talk only about “.M-L” stuff, but then you end up with communities like privacy@lemmy.ml where the rules seem to be:
- Talk only about privacy related things
- (implied) Don’t criticize Xi Jingping (I’m exeggerating for comedic effect)
Yeah, having a community about privacy where you’re not allowed to criticize one of the most anti-privacy governments in the history of humanity is pretty bizarre.
It’s the equivalent of having a community about electric cars that bans you for talking about how much ICE cars pollute or like vegan circlejerk banning you for being an insufferably sanctimonious ass towards “carnists”.
I’m just curious how many people are criticizing western countries poor privacy practices.
It’s almost like it’s a huge problem in basically every developed nation and we need to resist it as much as we can no matter who we are.
That’s a whataboutism.
Just because the problem exists elsewhere doesn’t make it illegitimate to criticize China for it. Especially since it’s the absolute WORST there, with only the UK and the US anywhere close.
All other countries being bad about it to varying degrees doesn’t make China NOT bad and wouldn’t even if they were WORSE at respecting privacy than China. Which no country is.
