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> Do you respond to every mention of the US with links of all the war crimes? If the private companies in question was complicit and potentially had a role in

> Do you respond to every mention of the US with links of all the war crimes? If the private companies in question was complicit and potentially had a role in these crimes, yes I would. But to highlight your false equivalency, private industry in the US doesn't obey the US government, despite what the bizarre TwitterFiles PR campaign by right wing operatives is trying to tell you.

snapcaster 4y ago
So what did TikTok do specifically?
- throwaway29812 4y ago
  That question is answered by what we know. TikTok has the ability (and have been caught) tracking specific American citizens (journalists) https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-employees-improperly-accessed-user-data-company-probe-finds-11671734031 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-employees-improperly-acc... TikTok as a Chinese company cannot refuse data requests on behalf of the Chinese government. TikTok's top security official resigned over this reality: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/15/tiktoks-chief-security-officer-steps-down-amid-increased-scrutiny/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/15/tiktoks-chief-security-off... If you are naive enough to think an authoritarian government obsessed with digital surveillance would simply not use the largest data gathering tool on persons in the world, I don't know what to tell you. Considering what we know what they use their connections to Chinese companies for (theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/15/documents-link-huawei-uyghur-surveillance-projects-report-claims), it's fairly easy to connect the dots. People who are determined to not accept this reality won't expect it, i'm not going to play the "give me more proof" game if no proof will ever do.
  - snapcaster 4y ago
    So tiktok wasn't involved in any war crimes or anything like that, but you're still doing it. Can you just admit "i hate china, i hate all enemies of my government" or something?
    - throwaway29812 4y ago
      > So tiktok wasn't involved in any war crimes or anything like that > People who are determined to not accept this reality won't expect it I'll save my breath. > Can you just admit "i hate china" Nice bit of projection there at the end. "All criticism of an authoritarian government committing human rights atrocities is all just racism, actually." Exactly what CCP state media says.

snapcaster 4y ago

So what did TikTok do specifically?

throwaway29812 4y ago
That question is answered by what we know. TikTok has the ability (and have been caught) tracking specific American citizens (journalists) https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-employees-improperly-accessed-user-data-company-probe-finds-11671734031 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-employees-improperly-acc... TikTok as a Chinese company cannot refuse data requests on behalf of the Chinese government. TikTok's top security official resigned over this reality: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/15/tiktoks-chief-security-officer-steps-down-amid-increased-scrutiny/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/15/tiktoks-chief-security-off... If you are naive enough to think an authoritarian government obsessed with digital surveillance would simply not use the largest data gathering tool on persons in the world, I don't know what to tell you. Considering what we know what they use their connections to Chinese companies for (theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/15/documents-link-huawei-uyghur-surveillance-projects-report-claims), it's fairly easy to connect the dots. People who are determined to not accept this reality won't expect it, i'm not going to play the "give me more proof" game if no proof will ever do.
- snapcaster 4y ago
  So tiktok wasn't involved in any war crimes or anything like that, but you're still doing it. Can you just admit "i hate china, i hate all enemies of my government" or something?
  - throwaway29812 4y ago
    > So tiktok wasn't involved in any war crimes or anything like that > People who are determined to not accept this reality won't expect it I'll save my breath. > Can you just admit "i hate china" Nice bit of projection there at the end. "All criticism of an authoritarian government committing human rights atrocities is all just racism, actually." Exactly what CCP state media says.