Background checks on visa applicants is a farcry from digital surveillance to identify political dissidents. Although, I would agree with the notion that the US government has been increasingly becoming a surveillance state, but not nearly as pervasive as China.
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I have a feeling this assumption will age poorly.
Why? People are openly dissident in the US.
On the HN front page today:
U.S. will review social media for foreign student visa applications
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44524749
History tells us it won't stop here.
Background checks on visa applicants is a farcry from digital surveillance to identify political dissidents. Although, I would agree with the notion that the US government has been increasingly becoming a surveillance state, but not nearly as pervasive as China.