Why are you downplaying this?

The British intelligence agency, M15, has also warned that the building would be extremely close to crucial communication cables, which could be compromised or attacked by the Chinese in a potential espionage attempt.

“Policing this proposed Embassy would require officers to be taken away from frontline duties to fulfill the requirement of policing spontaneous and known protests at this location,” Jon Savell, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Special Operations, said in a letter dated November 14 last year.

International rights organizations urged the British government to reject the plan because they were concerned about a rise in Chinese espionage and infiltration efforts against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kong residents, and supporters of the British democratic movement.

The planned embassy “would serve as a hub for China’s authoritarian agenda, targeting dissidents, monitoring communities, and undermining democratic values on British soil,” the Free Tibet group said.

Here is a video by Matt Brown analyzing RedNote.

Chinese RedNote App Exposes Sensitive User Data — (18 min, here is an alternative Invidious link)

TLDR: It’s sending most of the app data in cleartext HTTP instead of TLS, while some of the TLS are not done in a secure way. It is true that other social media apps send data back to the servers, but here it appears to be less safe, enabling attackers to do so in transit.

If the U.S. (and other Western countries) did that, it constituted a nightmare scenario for China and other autocracies.

The LSE and its executives are kegally responsible for overseeing listed companies and ensuring compliance with laws prohibiting the trade of goods produced through forced labour. This includes fines and even prison sentence if they fail to do so.

I think you don’t know who is going to read that if and when you publish that in a paper or some other media. The next teenager could be encouraged to do the same. There is no reason why you would spread garbage from some social media account further.

No, but I think you don’t know who is going to read that if and when you publish that in a paper or some other media. The next teenager could be encouraged to do the same. There is no reason why you would spread garbage from some social media account further.

I think you don’t know who is going to read that if and when you publish that in a paper or some other media. The next teenager could be encouraged to do the same. There is no reason why you would spread garbage from some social media account further.

I don’t know, but as a journalist I wouldn’t mention that either, just for not promoting / spreading potentially dangerous content. It’s bad enough that they see that on Tiktok.