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Except tiktok is owned by the CCP while Facebook Twitter etc is not owned by the US government.
by throwaway2990 3y ago
Except tiktok is owned by the CCP while Facebook Twitter etc is not owned by the US government.
- piskov 3y agoIf only there were other means to achieve government goals besides the contractual “ownership” — see Twitter files as an example.
- thiagoharry 3y agoThe distinction is irrelevant if the government branches have power to use Facebook and Twitter data as they wish. Or if these companies are near monopolies, which gives them great powers comparable with a government.
- brucethemoose2 3y ago> to use Facebook and Twitter data as they wish Data collection is the issue politicians are presenting, but I think the actual worry is in the other direction: the influence the Chinese govt can have over the US population through algorithmic and explicit feed changes.