Your Concerns Are Probably Chinese Propaganda | Data Centers, Flock, and Surveillance Infrastructure

About this episode

Zach and Elizabeth discuss the rapid expansion of data centers and the implications for surveillance and privacy in the context of accusations of Chinese propaganda.

The surveillance state isn’t coming. It’s already here, it’s expanding fast, and apparently if you have a problem with that, China put you up to it. In this episode, Zach and Elizabeth dig into the sudden explosion of data centers across the country, why governments at every level are pushing them through over loud constituent […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Zach Varnell, Elizabeth Melton

Topics covered

• surveillance state
• data centers
• government policy
• Chinese propaganda
• infrastructure
• privacy concerns

Keywords

• surveillance
• data centers
• government
• China
• propaganda
• privacy
• infrastructure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: China

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