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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhile everyone watches Twitter, Apple helped China fight dissidents
Our silly media obsession with Twitter while other tech monopolists actually aid authoritarian regimes remains unabated.
Protests in China have attracted international attention as the greatest challenge of President Xi Jinpings premiership and a major knock to the Chinese Communist Partys (CCP) longstanding authority.
But their spread within China was partially hobbled by a key change in Apples AirDrop feature, launched just weeks before the unrest.
AirDrop, which allows users to share content between Apple devices, has become an important tool in protestors efforts to circumvent authoritarian censorship regimes over recent years.
That is because it relies on wireless connections between phones, rather than internet connectivity, placing it beyond the scope of internet content moderators. It uses Bluetooth to form a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network between two devices.
The tool was used widely during Hong Kongs 2019 pro-democracy protests, when demonstrators would share messages and protest literature with passers by and visitors from mainland China through AirDrops open network.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/apple-limited-a-crucial-airdrop-function-in-china-just-weeks-before-protests.html
Now. What did Musk have for lunch today? I hope at least five media outlets cover this vital and breaking news.
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While everyone watches Twitter, Apple helped China fight dissidents (Original Post)
Sympthsical
Dec 2022
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blm
(112,919 posts)1. Media outlets are reporting on Musk's lunch?
Hmmm strawmen dont build themselves.
Sympthsical
(8,925 posts)2. I know he drinks a lot of diet Coke before bed
And read maybe four different articles about it.
So I feel like we're nearly there.
ItsjustMe
(11,165 posts)3. Louis Rossmann
Did a video on this topic today.