Is the West Out-Surveilling China? - Paul Walsh | Ep. 167

<p>I call Paul Walsh a surveillance-tech whistleblower. Professionally he’s known as an independent technical expert on online safety, privacy, fraud, espionage and phishing, with global patents and advisory to agencies, governments &amp; corporations. An early AOL pioneer, he co-invented the content labels behind account verification and advised the UK government during its first parliamentary inquiry into online child safety. He advocates for child safety, and civil liberties while exposing surveillance, state power and AI &amp; big tech overreach. We discuss Digital ID’s core role, &quot;protect the children&quot; as a wrapper for social media bans, Chat Control and device scanning, and why Paul believes Western democracies are now outbuilding Russia and China on surveillance. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>→ Please like, comment, share &amp; subscribe, to help me beat the suppressing algo&#39;s. Thank you!</strong></p><p><strong>SPONSORS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>→</strong> Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn, get 0.25% off your first loan: <a href="https://ledn.io/Efrat"><u>https://ledn.io/Efrat</u></a>    </p><p><strong>→</strong> Get your TREZOR wallet &amp; accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): <a href="https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn"><u>https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn</u></a></p><p>→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: <a href="https://abundantmines.com/Efrat"><u>https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat</u></a> - Claim your free month of hosting via this link</p><p><br></p><p><strong>LINKS</strong></p><p>Paul on X: <a href="https://x.com/Paul__Walsh"><u>https://x.com/Paul__Walsh</u></a> </p><p>Paul on Substack: <a href="https://paulfwalsh.substack.com/"><u>https://paulfwalsh.substack.com/</u></a> </p><p>Paul on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwalsh/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwalsh/</u></a> </p><p>Efrat’s X: <a href="https://twitter.com/efenigson"><u>https://twitter.com/efenigson</u></a></p><p>Efrat’s Channels: <a href="https://linktr.ee/efenigson"><u>https://linktr.ee/efenigson</u></a></p><p>Watch on all platforms: <a href="https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice"><u>https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice</u></a></p><p>Support Efrat’s work: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/zapefrat"><u>https://tinyurl.com/zapefrat</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>CHAPTERS </strong>