this is where "national security" vs freedom of speech is at a constant battle. Not sure if timing is coincidence, but KMT and CCP are meeting this week for the first high-level talks in many years, w...
It might also help to differentiate between infra tools and foreign public opinion tools. Maybe if they viewed bitchat as a neutral infra like Linux or TCP/IP it might be fine. But they likely saw it as a US-aligned opinion tool.
A good 99% of replies from Nostr and twitter are quick to judge, vilify, and rarely question why or what led to it. Having a vantage point of seeing both east and west, terms like 'freedom of speech’, ‘liberation’, ‘democracy’ ,while incredibly necessary, have been heavily weaponized by orgs that act as extensions of Western intelligence - and it might explain the severe distrust.
I believe its important to actively differentiate between giving people agency vs. having ulterior motives, and being pro-people instead of pro-opposition.
A good 99% of replies from Nostr and twitter are quick to judge, vilify, and rarely question why or what led to it. Having a vantage point of seeing both east and west, terms like 'freedom of speech’, ‘liberation’, ‘democracy’ ,while incredibly necessary, have been heavily weaponized by orgs that act as extensions of Western intelligence - and it might explain the severe distrust.
I believe its important to actively differentiate between giving people agency vs. having ulterior motives, and being pro-people instead of pro-opposition.
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