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This joke was good: > In addition, the application captures the personal and proprietary information of Chinese nationals visiting the United States, thereby a
by pbhjpbhj 6y ago
This joke was good:
> In addition, the application captures the personal and proprietary information of Chinese nationals visiting the United States, thereby allowing the Chinese Communist Party a mechanism for keeping tabs on Chinese citizens who may be enjoying the benefits of a free society for the first time in their lives. //
Because only a fascissistic dictatorial government would be shooting on it's own citizens, eh.
Who is using TikTok for something that's got any business or political sensitivity?
I'm surprised Trump doesn't just admit 'China is beating us on internet platforms, we're not going to let them win financially'. He could present it as 'leveling the playing field'. That sort of overtly authoritarian dictatorial xenophobic fascism seems to be lapped up by the USA public at the moment?
Or does anyone want to defend that some video of me dancing to music is somehow critical to keep private??
I can see there's a side effect of the USA administration not wanting any apps they don't have a backdoor to being used in USA.
They don't say which companies will be subject to the order, really open and free (presumably to allow maximum market manipulation [fluctuation on the speculated actions, then controlled movement according to which companies the order covers] and a month and a half to get relevant bribes).
Tl;dr depends if Grinding Gears pays Trump enough campaign funding I'd guess.