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Though if you apply your argument with rigor and reciprocity was in play, more countries should ban american social media which censors geopolitical rivals htt
by xster 6y ago
Though if you apply your argument with rigor and reciprocity was in play, more countries should ban american social media which censors geopolitical rivals
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/ https://thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-...
- AlchemistCamp 6y agoVenezuela, Iran and Syria do censor US media and it's far more extensive than any censorship of foreign media within the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Syria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Syria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Venezuela https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Venezuela
- DeonPenny 6y agoThey do censor american social media. Like china and north korea obviously do
- mathnmusic 6y agoIt's bound to happen. See the political battles being fought for data localisation, and control of Internet governing bodies.
- product50 6y agoAmerica will literally fuck with you if you start doing this at scale. India can ban Chinese app since India can do this. China needed to understand this before escalating the border tensions with India.
- kilroy_jones 6y agoSo you're equating the banning of accounts to the blocking of the majority of internet?