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A small taste of what's going on in Xinjiang, China. Home to the Uighurs. As I understand it, the surveillance state is ever expanding. Of course, the same thing is happening all over the world, but I think China is truly showing leadership in these ways.
https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/05/02/china-how-mass-surveillance-works-xinjiang
There was a reasonably good two part "The Daily" podcast on these topics if this is new to you and you want to hear more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/podcasts/the-daily/china-surveillance-uighurs.html
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