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TikTok and the Great Firewall of America
- tellarin 6y agoI'll now need a new VPN to access sites in China, just as I do to access sites outside of it...
- coeneedell 6y agoI like how this article claims not to be whataboutism, and then proceeds to go "but whatabout american companies" Like I'm on board with the fact that if we're going to be "protecting the privacy of American citizens" we need to protect our privacy from American companies and also the government as well. This article doesn't really make that argument though, it says "(this) won't be solved by putting more data in the hands of US companies" but doesn't make the argument that this is what banning tiktok does.
- yogthos 6y agoThat's precisely the argument the article is making. It talks about the fact that US companies are just as bad, and worse than TikTok, so moving data from TikTok to a US company doesn't actually help anything.
- nullc 6y agoGreat firewall? My expectation is that our lovely centrally backdoored cellphone platforms will forcefully uninstall the app on command. No need for any firewall.
- desi_ninja 6y agoto be honest, I will not start talking about the so called firewall of America as long as extreme examples like Chinese firewalls exist. Everything pales in comparison. you want to object to this , ok fine but there is a monster size censorship of Chinese firewalls that should consume 90% of any censorship and firewall discussion
- zalkota 6y agoChina is a modern day Nazi Germany.
- yogthos 6y agoI think you misspelled USA there