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The US should simply mirror the types of controls placed on US-companies by the CCP, force them to promote anti-Chinese/pro-US content and censor pro-China/anti
by throw__away7391 4y ago
The US should simply mirror the types of controls placed on US-companies by the CCP, force them to promote anti-Chinese/pro-US content and censor pro-China/anti-US content, as well as to curb the reach of content discussing divisive/controversial topics that pit Americans against each other.
If they decide to close shop after that you would achieve the same goal while publicly demonstrating what their true motives have always been.
- sschueller 4y agoNo, they should adopt tight privacy laws and fine the crap out of companies that violate them. Right to be forgotten etc.
- throw__away7391 4y agoWhen you are talking about adversarial state actors the incentives are completely different, the rules should reflect this.
- sschueller 4y agoTiktok doesn't operate in a vacuum. They have US advertisers and pay US content creators. You can very well impose drastic fines and make it very difficult to make any money in the US if they violate privacy laws. You also have Google and Apple that are US based and have to ability to audit these apps.
- throw__away7391 4y agoI don't think privacy is the main concern, it's what kind of content is being pushed/censored, but even if it were even drastic fines are probably not enough to dissuade privacy violations if the CCP decides it wants the data. Plus, how are you ever going to even find out in the first place?
- halJordan 4y agoHow is turning ourselves into the problem anything but bad.
- throw__away7391 4y agoMore of a thought experiment/illustration of the problem. I am pretty sure even if they attempted this it would be struck down in court.