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Sometimes I think what would happen if China invades Taiwan? Would FB and IG still allow calls for violence against Chinese? I am pretty sure many people will c

Sometimes I think what would happen if China invades Taiwan? Would FB and IG still allow calls for violence against Chinese? I am pretty sure many people will change their tunes when it comes to China, similar to what happened regarding COVID.

EGreg 5y ago
China and USA. None of these things — least of all sanctions — would be allowed against their citizens. Let’s not forget that the country one lives in is the least likely to show its atrocities. So let’s just accept it — geopolitics ain’t fair. Therefore I have always been bothered by appeals to some sort of sense of decency in people by various groups being attacked, that are themselves at the same time unapologetically biased and unmoved by the same appeals by other weaker groups. (And yes this most definitely includes Russians.)
- FpUser 5y ago
  >"that are themselves at the same time unapologetically biased and unmoved by the same appeals" Not all Russians. Many are pretty much moved to the point of going out and protesting knowing that they would be arrested.
spiderice 5y ago
FB and IG already don't operate in China. Out of all the big tech companies, I would think that FB would have the least issue with standing up to China. Not necessarily saying they would. I don't know enough. But they certainly have a lot less conflict of interest.
- squarefoot 5y ago
  They still have to buy their hardware in China, or from suppliers who buy in China.
  - spiderice 5y ago
    True. The entire world really needs to fix their dependence on China for hardware.
- 88913527 5y ago
  There's a sizable number of Chinese internet users that regularly use American social media even though none of them formally operate there.
atlantas 5y ago
That's when the rubber meets the road. It's easy for Apple to virtue signal in this case, but I have a feeling they'll think different with China.
yywwbbn 5y ago
I’m sure they’ll fall in line with whatever the US government policy is.

EGreg 5y ago

China and USA. None of these things — least of all sanctions — would be allowed against their citizens. Let’s not forget that the country one lives in is the least likely to show its atrocities. So let’s just accept it — geopolitics ain’t fair. Therefore I have always been bothered by appeals to some sort of sense of decency in people by various groups being attacked, that are themselves at the same time unapologetically biased and unmoved by the same appeals by other weaker groups. (And yes this most definitely includes Russians.)

FpUser 5y ago
>"that are themselves at the same time unapologetically biased and unmoved by the same appeals" Not all Russians. Many are pretty much moved to the point of going out and protesting knowing that they would be arrested.

spiderice 5y ago

FB and IG already don't operate in China. Out of all the big tech companies, I would think that FB would have the least issue with standing up to China. Not necessarily saying they would. I don't know enough. But they certainly have a lot less conflict of interest.

squarefoot 5y ago
They still have to buy their hardware in China, or from suppliers who buy in China.
- spiderice 5y ago
  True. The entire world really needs to fix their dependence on China for hardware.
88913527 5y ago
There's a sizable number of Chinese internet users that regularly use American social media even though none of them formally operate there.

atlantas 5y ago

That's when the rubber meets the road. It's easy for Apple to virtue signal in this case, but I have a feeling they'll think different with China.

yywwbbn 5y ago

I’m sure they’ll fall in line with whatever the US government policy is.