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And these are exactly the reason China does not want western social media, especially since US has a history of toppling other regimes. That’s not to mention so
by cherioo 4y ago
And these are exactly the reason China does not want western social media, especially since US has a history of toppling other regimes. That’s not to mention social media’s role Arab Spring. CCP probably saw that and scared shitless.
FWIw, I think these concerns are valid. But it is sad that US comes to the same conclusion as China.
I have for a while now held the opinion that social media needs to be hyper-locally locked down to be “healthy”. However, that is practically impossible to pivot to now. That said, Nextdoor model hasn’t exactly been a role model community so maybe I’m just old now.
- Workaccount2 4y agoI don't even think that is a fair assessment because it places the US in the same bin as China, but functionally the US is very different. If Biden wanted to show you videos of daises on youtube, their really isn't any practical way of doing so. If Xi wanted to show you videos of daises on tiktok, you would open tiktok and get wall-to-wall flower videos tomorrow. China is functionally a dictatorship. The US is not. Hence why we even get to have a debate about a foreign adversary controlling the the most popular app on the country's phones.
- aftbit 4y ago>But it is sad that US comes to the same conclusion as China. Not if that conclusion is correct though. Both China and the US think the sky looks blue and the ocean is wet. Both are concerned about the power of social media to shape the narrative for millions or billions of people.