Each time an objectionable act becomes racialized, such as how “crime” is coded as Black and “terrorism” as Muslim after 9/11, the problem is not that every individual from the minority group is innocent but that the collective is regarded as uniquely guilty, and anyone who shares the identity is implicated by association. The ethnicization of espionage in the US as a distinctly Chinese threat is rooted in centuries-old Orientalism and reinforces racial stereotypes. The rhetoric is weaponized to expand state power and advance special interests. The illusion of protection by discriminatory means obscures fundamental questions about our relationships with technology and the state, as well as how to navigate between our intimate and communal selves. In a world of privatized commons and militarized borders, who sees or cannot be seen? For whose benefit, and to what end?

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TikTok is not a product of communism but of surveillance capitalism. As China moves from the margins to the center of global capitalism, the panic over Chinese espionage is inseparable from the apprehension about the West in decline. History repeats itself as Florida and several other states pass or propose legislation restricting Chinese citizens from purchasing property, citing security concerns. Similar excuses were used for the “alien land laws” in the early 1900s that barred Chinese and Japanese immigrants from land ownership. The spying allegations against TikTok and other Chinese products are often hypothetical: It’s not so much about what the companies have done or even what they can do; China is used as a foil to project American fears and desires. After all, the US military and intelligence agencies are pioneers in surveillance technology and foreign interference. As it was in the aftermath of 9/11, a perceived threat is used to justify massive expansions of executive power, which also include the ability to monitor and manipulate, both at home and abroad. The Senate bill to ban TikTok has been aptly called a “Patriot Act for the internet.”

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Right now, I am playing the 1st 2 entries in the “I'm On Observation Duty” series, as my collab partner for Arcade Spirit, Pehng, was unable to join me today due to a busy schedule.

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A prison you can't fight against

because you can't even touch it

and most of the time cannot even see it

but it sees everything.

Do you see the barbed wire tightening?

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life360 sent me my driver’s report for this week and it included 3 high speed warnings??? naturally i was very confused because i’m TERRIFIED of speeding? i drive annoyingly slow (always late lmao)

so i was wracking my brain about what this might be referring … and then i realised that i caught a plane this week!!!??! life360 rly thought that was ME in my KIA PICANTO going down a SYDNEY AIRPORT RUNWAY at 250km/h??????? use your brain fr!

but honestly i’m a little jealous of the life that life360 believes i lead. in all honesty i’m so so much more boring than it knows

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Do we ever truly listen?

You know what's interesting to me, the recent topics of surveillance taking over the US like it is in China. The way they record everything and keep facial recognition records of each individual.

With where the world is heading and all the violence happening, it's almost inevitable that something like this would come to be eventually.

Criminals will ruin it for the rest of us.

The only thing I like about this tho is, how much do you think recording everything in this way could help control criminals from acting out? Bc honesty I think for that purpose alone, it's not a bad idea. The only people who should be worried about this are those who could be caught doing something wrong.

If only we could all still have our freedom/privacy while also being protected at the same time. There's nothing wrong with having surveillance on residential streets, abandoned areas even. A lot of crime could potentially stop and we could save a lot of people. So idk, what do you guys think of this?

This is one of my new favorite books. It is a fascinating analysis of the early development of social media and censorship. Highly recommend, and the sequel, which is even better

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