Some countries are a lot closer to 1984 than others. The EU and US are considerably further away from an authoritarian dictatorship than countries like Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.
For the record, this is the video that was enough to arrest and convict a man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYslEzHbpus&bpctr=1521821668
Yes. Britain is far ahead of everyone at this moment. I'm sure china and the rest are desperate to catch up.
> The EU and US
As an american, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't lump us in with the EU. EU is a lot closer to china than you think in terms of political system, censorship and mentality. After all, the EU heavily censors parodies and "hate" speech and is at the forefront of internet censorship.
I'm afraid america stands alone in many respects but we have our own challenges. We are most definitely not perfect.
I don't think you even believe that horseshit.
Not only that, Britain is the most surveilled society on earth.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/6108496.stm
That's from 2006. Britain has at least a decade head start. But china is working very hard to catch up on their surveillance.
But I guess it's evil when they do it, but it's "civilized" when britain does it?
What makes you say that? Last I checked, the UK was still a democracy, still had freedom of speech laws, and still doesn't ban VPNs, Tor, or other anonymity tools.
> As an american, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't lump us in with the EU. EU is a lot closer to china than you think in terms of political system, censorship and mentality.
And yet the US is ranked 43rd in the Press Freedom Index, behind all EU members except Romania, Italy and Poland.
> After all, the EU heavily censors parodies and "hate" speech and is at the forefront of internet censorship.
China is clearly at the forefront of Internet censorship. I don't see how that's even debatable.