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Sidenote: Why does the west allow China to run a social media app like Tiktok globally whilst China itself blocks all external apps within its own borders? Arg
by lazyeye 5y ago
Sidenote: Why does the west allow China to run a social media app like Tiktok globally whilst China itself blocks all external apps within its own borders?
Arguing that if we block them we are just as bad as them is niave to me. Like giving away all concessions in a trade negotiation to gain the high moral ground.
Seems like such an obvious question to me.
- sfe22 5y agoAgreed, they probably laugh at us from time to time and rightfully so.
- haunter 5y ago>Why does the west allow China to run a social media app like Tiktok globally whilst China itself blocks all external apps within its own borders I never understood why can CCTV, CGTN, Global Times etc. freely upload and stream on Youtube. Same level as RT or even worse. inb4 "FrEe SpEEch" + "they are a private company and they can do whatever they want"
- hker 5y agoNot to disagree, but if we go down this direction, we need to then ask [1]: - What about search? (Baidu vs Google or Bing) - What about news agencies? (CGTN and Xinhua vs BBC and The New York Times and The Guardian) - What about the Internet itself? (Great Firewall vs effectively none) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_ma... "List of websites blocked in mainland China"
- musicale 5y agoWhat you're suggesting I think is a tit-for-tat strategy, which has game theoretic advantages, though I'm not sure what the eventual result would be in this case since it seems unlikely that China would allow Facebook, Twitter, NYT, etc..
- lazyeye 5y agoIt would put some constraints on Chinese surveillance and influence operations.
- Ekaros 5y agoI'm much more worried about USA and NSA than China. One is well known with murders around the world with support of it's populous.
- lazyeye 5y agoThis is precisely the way China would like us to view things. "Hey the US is worse, access for China should be open slather.." I can't imagine a similar kind of view (China bad!) doing much for your career in China. This might be a reason why China wins....
- dud6ehrcuu 5y agoBecause some people see multiculturalism and melting pot environments as a good thing that improves society by moving our own culture forward. From this position mirroring the behavior would make no sense because the solution is misguided and self-harming.
- lazyeye 5y agoChina are doing it and by all objective accounts are doing very well.
- dud6ehrcuu 5y ago