China's Intrusive Surveillance Raises Global Concerns About Privacy and Control
• China has developed an intrusive mass surveillance system with 700 million CCTV cameras, facial recognition technology, and a Social Credit System that controls access to services.
• This technology threatens privacy and enables a totalitarian, slave-like system of control over citizens.
• Western technology facilitated this development, and Western countries are moving in a similar direction of increased surveillance and manipulative “nudging” of citizens.
• Corporations and governments are colluding to develop detailed digital profiles to predict and control behavior.
• Canada recently suspended protestors' asset access and is expanding state powers to punish “hate speech”, indicating a willingness to control political dissent.