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The same can be said of companies like FB and GOOG. They operate black boxes with little scrutiny from society.

by coliveira 6y ago

reaperducer 6y ago
FB and GOOG don't have troops stationed on India's border.
- pphysch 6y ago
  Neither does TikTok proper, and those two are in close & opaque cooperation with the US government.
  - kortilla 6y ago
    TikTok would be put out of business if it was critical of the head of communist party. Google/FB permit anti-Trump content and propagate articles against the administration without blowback. TikTok is bound to the CCP in a way that has no comparison in the west.
    - dade_ 6y ago
      They would have a new CEO at least: Cathay Pacific https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-rupert-hogg/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-r... HSBC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-hsbc-exclusive-idUSKCN1QF1IA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-hsbc-exclusive-idU...
    - pphysch 6y ago
      You're mistaking shallow Red/Blue political theatre for genuine (geo)political power struggles. If GOOG were to really challenge the supremacy of the US government, there would be swift consequences.
      - kortilla 6y ago
        But all of these topics are easily available on google. What is it you think they censor to protect the US government?
  - rossjudson 6y ago
    Doing what, exactly?
suyash 6y ago
They at least have been accountable to gov officials when called upon.
LockAndLol 6y ago
Imo they are even worse than TikTok since they are actively being used by decision making bodies in nation states. The amount of classified information those companies are privy to is mind-boggling. Political parties, NGOs, companies, private citizens - they all store their information on servers belonging to American companies. If you consider that they also run on operating systems made by American-owned companies who don't really care that much about privacy, it's even scarier. China isn't the boogeyman here. The United States is.

The same can be said of companies like FB and GOOG. They operate black boxes with little scrutiny from society.

reaperducer 6y ago

FB and GOOG don't have troops stationed on India's border.

pphysch 6y ago
Neither does TikTok proper, and those two are in close & opaque cooperation with the US government.
- kortilla 6y ago
  TikTok would be put out of business if it was critical of the head of communist party. Google/FB permit anti-Trump content and propagate articles against the administration without blowback. TikTok is bound to the CCP in a way that has no comparison in the west.
  - dade_ 6y ago
    They would have a new CEO at least: Cathay Pacific https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-rupert-hogg/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-r... HSBC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-hsbc-exclusive-idUSKCN1QF1IA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-hsbc-exclusive-idU...
  - pphysch 6y ago
    You're mistaking shallow Red/Blue political theatre for genuine (geo)political power struggles. If GOOG were to really challenge the supremacy of the US government, there would be swift consequences.
    - kortilla 6y ago
      But all of these topics are easily available on google. What is it you think they censor to protect the US government?
- rossjudson 6y ago
  Doing what, exactly?

suyash 6y ago

They at least have been accountable to gov officials when called upon.

LockAndLol 6y ago

Imo they are even worse than TikTok since they are actively being used by decision making bodies in nation states. The amount of classified information those companies are privy to is mind-boggling. Political parties, NGOs, companies, private citizens - they all store their information on servers belonging to American companies. If you consider that they also run on operating systems made by American-owned companies who don't really care that much about privacy, it's even scarier. China isn't the boogeyman here. The United States is.