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Though China already has banned plenty of western apps under the same premise. Plenty of precedence on the other side.
by presentation 2y ago
Though China already has banned plenty of western apps under the same premise. Plenty of precedence on the other side.
- r721 2y agoRussia too: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X are banned, Tiktok is severely restricted (no uploads, no non-Russian content).
- satao 2y agoyes, but only the US is seen as an advocate of unlimited free speech: https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/brazilian-government-forced-censorship-x-new-report-reveals https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/brazilian-g... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/musk-moraes-brazil-free-speech/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/musk-moraes-...
- schoen 2y agoBut the U.S. theory (which I advocate) is that this behavior is hurting Chinese people, not just Americans! It's somewhat bizarre to say that retaliating for that in the same fashion is thereby justified. Sure, it makes sense in a trade war sense, but not in a "free speech is actually good and everyone is entitled to it" sense.