is there a similar analysis of google/facebook/instagram?
news.yc discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19595478
And some techscience.org classics: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Which is an important distinction.
Kind of like how Apple complies with iCloud China and Apple iCloud everywhere else.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-army/army-exam...
Note however that for the Chinese silo, they can just open the front door, whereas doing the same for the international version would endanger their profits. Profit is an incentive the CCP responds to very well. For the surveillance agencies, hacking the database is probably easier than setting up an official channel that too many people would have to know about and agree to.