A Frozen Document in China Unleashes a Furor over Privacy

> The company said it is required by Chinese cybersecurity regulations to examine and approve documents connected online, and does so using encryption that protects users’ privacy.

What an astounding statement, like "we had to destroy the village in order to save it". It can make sense when consider the state as essentially the owner of its population. That makes it the state's privacy, and violating your own privacy is nonsensical.

Kingsoft is not "required by Chinese cybersecurity regulations" to do business with China, and therefore participate in their human right violations, so they own responsibility for this. "I had to build the infrastructure for systemmatic oppression in order to make a profit" is not a convincing ethical argument.