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Well, how soon will it be until non-US aligned social media like TikTok is banned in the US anyway? The popular alternatives that you speak of may end up banned
by lhnz 4y ago
Well, how soon will it be until non-US aligned social media like TikTok is banned in the US anyway? The popular alternatives that you speak of may end up banned.
Also I don't understand why non-US citizens should be allowed to have their speech rights crushed by the US government. Many people of different nationalities live in the US and should be free to speak -- they shouldn't be censored by the US government wearing a glove ("US Tech Organisations") but effectively calling the shots.
- astrange 4y agoIf TikTok was banned that’d be disappointing. I don’t expect it to be; the plan where Oracle bought it was better. It is a problem that China influences it. I don’t think the EU is capable of making a popular social media site either unfortunately. They don’t have the culture. Twitter does have blatant Chinese propaganda up, like their wolf warrior diplomats and Chen Weihua, which is another good sign for what they’re allowing elsewhere. Maybe that’s just because Chen is so incompetent it’s funny to let him post…
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago> Twitter does have blatant Chinese propaganda up Isn’t Twitter blocked in China? Do wolf warriors not see any hypocrisy in using it?
- astrange 4y agoWhy would they do that? It’s normal for Chinese export and domestic businesses to be completely different too - you can get all the Winnie the Pooh merch you want made there. Not being hypocritical isn’t even a universal virtue.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoIt’s just extolling the virtues and freedoms of China on a platform that is blocked in China doesn’t really make one look sincere.