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> I wish Twitter would put up a better fight on this India banned TikTok last year after the app was determined to be "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity
by duskwuff 6y ago
> I wish Twitter would put up a better fight on this
India banned TikTok last year after the app was determined to be "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order". Twitter doesn't want to be next.
- fossuser 6y agoTikTok's ban is different (and arguably reasonable). The way TikTok manipulates its feed to serve the CCP's interests and influence public sentiment in the country is a threat. Things like downplaying the CCP's invasion of HK. https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/ https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/ That's basically the opposite of what's happening here. TikTok's threat is foreign government manipulation of the public and the block is blocking that government manipulation. Here if Twitter got blocked it'd be because they refused to implement the government manipulation - it's a difference in kind.
- radiator 6y agoBut from the point of view of the Indian government, those two "opposite" things are the same.