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As a non-American I really don't see how it's different to Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp. And those are all owned by one American corporation.
by nivenkos 4y ago
As a non-American I really don't see how it's different to Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp.
And those are all owned by one American corporation.
- CharlesW 4y agoThose services aren't controlled by an authoritarian government (yet). That said, we encourage you to block them all (don't forget Twitter!) in your country.
- dismantlethesun 4y agoFacebook isn’t effectively run by the US government. If it was and one considered the US to be a hostile power then you should ban it. China, Iran and North Korea all ban Facebook under similar reasoning.
- gambiting 4y agoWell of course, and your government should protest it as well. But don't expect American government to do anything about an American corporation capturing the data of their (and foreign) citizens - I bet it's considered convenient more than anything.