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> The ban is unambiguously due to strategic concerns over a foreign company having access to user data So Europe/India/everyone else should ban US apps? It bec
by wadkar 6y ago
> The ban is unambiguously due to strategic concerns over a foreign company having access to user data
So Europe/India/everyone else should ban US apps? It becomes a slippery slope.
> the US coming to the same conclusion as China that letting rivals foreign powers control media companies is unwise.
If you’re worried about a foreign company manipulating media then put in laws and regulations. That way American companies can be hold accountable to the same standards by other countries as non-American companies and creating a level playing field.
- khuey 6y agoIf Europe is concerned that the US is a threat to its collective security they might want to start with getting rid of all our military bases and alliances before worrying about comparatively trivial matters like apps.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoThese media platforms are unaccountable, they sway electrions, enabled breaches of electoral law in UK referendum, spread popularity of Nazism, etc. On the other hand i am not aware of any major damage caused by 10K or so troops stationed here or there.
- manfredo 6y ago> So Europe/India/everyone else should ban US apps? It becomes a slippery slope. Are Europe and India concerned by a US company controls popular social media companies? Evidently not enough to ban them, and if in the future if they are then that's their prerogative. > If you’re worried about a foreign company manipulating media then put in laws and regulations. They did: The US put laws in place that allows the executive to block commerce when it is deemed a strategic threat. And now those laws are being exercised against a media company controlled by a geopolitical rival.