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> "china bans all us social media apps" Microsoft Teams, Skype, FaceTime all work in China, to name a few. > because they want to control the content that Chi
by FooBarWidget 6y ago
> "china bans all us social media apps"
Microsoft Teams, Skype, FaceTime all work in China, to name a few.
> because they want to control the content that Chinese citizens see and remove anything that is negative towards the ccp, etc.
This is true. But that doesn't mean they ban all US social media apps. If you follow their Internet laws (like Microsoft and Apple do) then you are allowed to operate.
> US tries to ban 1 app that is being used to spread propaganda, farm user data, and is considered a national security threat.
This is an assumption. Proof please, because I haven't seen any.
Don't get me wrong. I am not against a ban on Tiktok. I'm against a discriminatory ban, based on unproven assumptions, solely targeting the origin of an app.
What would be much more fair would be to state: all foreign apps have to go through a security audit to certify that no data reaches any foreign governments. That way you don't have to prove wrongdoing first, and you aren't being discriminatory either.
- gruez 6y ago> > "china bans all us social media apps" >Microsoft Teams, Skype, FaceTime all work in China, to name a few. Calling them "social media apps" is a stretch. Microsoft Teams is designed to be used within an organization, so it's closer to a corporate mail server than facebook. Skype and FaceTime are public, but they don't have the defining features of other social media sites, such as a profile, UGC, or feeds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
- FooBarWidget 6y agoBy that definition, Whatsapp (which is in functionality similar to Skype) is also a stretch of a social media app. Yet people still call it social media. But why does the exact definition of social media matter here? Let's say that Facebook follows their Internet law and becomes allowed, would you then have a different opinion?
- philliphaydon 6y ago> This is an assumption. Proof please, because I haven't seen any. If tiktok is a US app. And not a china app. Then any content negative towards china would not be removed. Which happens daily. Whole pro china and anti America content stays. That’s propaganda.
- justicezyx 6y agoWhat's the news about "anti-China” content being censored on TikTok?
- philliphaydon 6y agoLol it’s a Chinese company and the ceo admitted it censors anti china content.
- justicezyx 6y agoCould you provide a link?
- philliphaydon 6y agoFirst link on google for tiktok ceo censoring. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/11/09/tiktok-censors-anti-chinese-content/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/11/09/tiktok-censors-a...
- trasz 6y agoSo, given that YouTube does the same, it logically follows that Google is a Chinese company? :-D
- philliphaydon 6y agoThere’s plenty of anti china / anti America content on YouTube. Other than banning Alex Jones, I don’t agree with YouTube censorship or such.
- yorwba 6y ago> There’s plenty of anti china / anti America content on YouTube. There's also plenty of anti-China content on TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/tag/freehongkong https://www.tiktok.com/tag/freehongkong https://www.tiktok.com/tag/chinazi https://www.tiktok.com/tag/chinazi https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fuckccp https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fuckccp
- bagacrap 6y agoby internet law, you mean inserting backdoors for the government to surveil you? Yeah I'm not sure that counts as better than banning. The version of Skype that the free world gets to use is in fact banned in China.
- trasz 6y agoHow is it different from Lawful Interception functionality required by law in all telco equipment used in the US?