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They have 1,000,000 people in internment camps on the basis of religion/ethnicity. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/china-internment-camps-uighur-muslim-children/569062/

@Kunlun I somehow missed that.

I sometimes wonder how the hell people can make decisions like this. Different cultures and different beliefs, sure, but this is horrifying for those million people.

One thing's for sure: Anyone who says "never again" simply isn't reading the news.

WT ever-loving F?

Big Brother is here & now.

The thing is, there's so much going on all over the globe that you scarce have the time to wonder about what you might be missing out on outside of your own niche.

Is this an episode of Black mirror? Or is this 1984? What is happening?

Yep, China does that stuff on a huge scale. So, I suppose, does facebook!

And that recognition technology is built into my camera and probably many others.

Don’t fool yourself. This goes on in the States. How long did it take authorities to catch the Boston Marathon bombers? And Camera Edge analytics is just in its infancy, wait a couple of years and you’ll be surprised how ubiquitous it will be, even in small retailers.

@spwath Black Mirror is scary because of how plausible some of the events there are. This fits

@Thad E Ginathom Yup! I'm surprised how far along facial recognition has gotten— Facebook and Google are able to pick out and identify even background faces with alarming accuracy.

@Vansen Oh I don't doubt that. What I find alarming is how brazen and blasé China is and how indifferent the world at large seems to be