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		gbrown on June 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app t... Not everyone has to actually be constantly surveiled for the effects to be the same, a-la panopticon.

scilro on June 13, 2019 [–]

Absolutely, and to me this is a more reasonable framework to understand how technology-enabled surveillance works in China and elsewhere.

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