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It’s the same thing other than in every way. The EU-Facebook situation is built of laws passed by the EU, and court rulings over the span of over a decade with
by addicted 6y ago
It’s the same thing other than in every way.
The EU-Facebook situation is built of laws passed by the EU, and court rulings over the span of over a decade with proven and known access of data by American spy agencies.
Facebook also has been given time and a clear path for resolution that they could follow to resolve this situation.
None of this is true in the Tik Tok situation.
- mrtksn 6y agoThese are implementation details and of course nothing is the same because EU is not the USA and USA is not China and TikTok is not Facebook. The core of the issue is the same though. This one instance can go away but the core issue is there and it will keep coming in different forms. And If TikTok actually gets banned, I am afraid that anti-americanism and anti-globalism might get strong enough that the banning become the norm. These things are not like controlling cheese imports, people will actually suffer from these things just like Chinese citizens suffer from the Chinese internet censor. The moment the USA give the example is the moment when suffering becomes acceptable for the greater good(the greater good will vary, some will say it is to protect local businesses other will say national security or simply rejoice that it is an opportunity to stick it to the yankees). This is not a future I am looking forward to.