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But then we have different values than China, and we claim to have more freedom (whatever it means today). The ban on tiktok didn't come when everyone was crit
by chaosbolt 2y ago
But then we have different values than China, and we claim to have more freedom (whatever it means today).
The ban on tiktok didn't come when everyone was criticizing the negative impact it had on children and teenager's mental health, it only came now when lots of its users started publicly criticizing a certain country more openly than is allowed on other platforms... So its censorship/ban will be to comply with western censorship rules,thus making us no better than China in this regard.
- kgdiem 2y agoYes I totally understand this point but the Trump administration was trying to get Bytedance to sell TikTok to Oracle before the war IIRC. Really showing their hand with the NatSec claims in my opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/technology/trump-oracle-and-tiktok.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/technology/trump-oracle-a...
- skyyler 2y agoPeople were discussing banning TikTok before Oct. 7th. That isn’t when that conflict started, but it also isn’t when the push to ban TikTok started.