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> ... the latter is considered slightly less acceptable.

I agree that both are crimes. I am more concerned with reaction of tech platforms. Remember these same tech companies were supporting BLM blindly.

Few months back exPM of Malaysia openly justified beheading in France with no reaction from tech companies.

They always suck-up to China just get a foothold into the Chinese market so thinking they are acting to uphold democracy is a funny idea.

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You are right. They wouldn't care less about Uyghur Muslims being put in concentration camps and indulging in forced labour if they can meet their production targets and be profitable.

And before we forget, ISIS literally used Twitter to propagate Islamist ideology until it was finally banned after 2 years of damage being already done! These social media platforms were directly responsible for enabling ISIS to spread its propaganda across the globe and helping in recruiting foreign fighters. These social media companies did nothing until it required Government intervention.

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