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[Edit: Apologies, I got We Chat and Tik Tok confused...] What seems outrageous to me is that this seems like simple retribution for Tik Tok users getting one o

• dis-sys 6y ago
  > This seems like a corrosive use of power, an exercise in vindictive narcissism. what you can expect from trump.
• rvz 6y ago
  > What seems outrageous to me is that this seems like simple retribution for Tik Tok users getting one over on the president [1]. We've been here before haven't we? [0] [1] [2] [3] [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/us-to-investigate-tiktok-over-national-security-concerns-sources-say.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/us-to-investigate-tiktok-ove... [1] https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19273614/20191009_Letter_to_Secretary_Mnuchin_re_TikTok.pdf https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19273614/2... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/technology/tiktok-national-security-review.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/technology/tiktok-nationa... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-...
• jowday 6y ago
  That whole narrative about people on TikTok disrupting the rally isn't true. They were giving out tickets to anyone who asked - 80k tickets were given out to a venue with a seating capacity of ~5k. At no point did they stop giving out tickets because they had reached capacity.