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Aren't all those things already blocked/banned in China? (since 2009). (I feel like a joke might be wooshing over my head here).
by xyzzy123 4y ago
Aren't all those things already blocked/banned in China? (since 2009).
(I feel like a joke might be wooshing over my head here).
- bell-cot 4y agoYes. (Yeah, I was taking a stab at a more-complex joke. A bit about the hypocrisy of the Chinese position, but mostly about how narrow and simplistic the Congress and western news media seem to be on this issue. Or perhaps America's social media giants have "incentivized" our politicians and press to keep them out of it?)
- throwaway4good 4y agoGoogle and Facebook had the option of operating in China under conditions somewhat similar to TikTok’s project Texas: servers in China, operating under local laws, supporting authorities in surveillance and censorship. Apple and Microsoft operate services under those conditions in China.
- ethbr0 4y agoEquating US and Chinese court protections is wrong by orders of magnitude. The US has its failures, but it has a much stricter and more oppositional judiciary than China. Ergo, Google and Facebook in China would not be like TikTok Project Texas.