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The US has had rules against foreign ownership of media since forever. The main geopolitical rival having control over the largest source of media consumed by c

The US has had rules against foreign ownership of media since forever. The main geopolitical rival having control over the largest source of media consumed by children (which incidentally, is banned in China) is insane and should have been stopped a long time ago. People talk about data collection. I am sure that is happening, but the far bigger issue is having a regime who wishes you harm in change of what your young people are and are not seeing for hours every day. There is a lot of propaganda, a deluge of videos pushing of divisive extremism and misinformation. The people pushing this are also using western platforms, but they're doing it more effectively on TikTok. This cannot end soon enough.

autoexec 2y ago
> The US has had rules against foreign ownership of media since forever. Why doesn't this apply to websites hosted overseas generally, or for other countries besides china. I can access media at www.abc.net.au just fine.
- throw__away7391 2y ago
  Well BBC has a division called "BBC America" which distributes their content in the US, which itself is jointly owned by AMC and anther US company called BBC Studios. I do not know anything about the details of this, but I imagine there were regulatory considerations when setting this up. But anyway, my point was that the concern over foreign influence is not a new idea and has been something people were worried about even over a century ago.
  - autoexec 2y ago
    I don't think that concern is entirely unwarranted, I just don't think it's justification for censorship. If TikTok were violating US laws and refusing to comply that'd be one thing, but "Kids prefer an app made by a company in China" isn't really good enough. It's very strange that our government doesn't care that our phones are made in China, that damn near everything for sale on Amazon comes from China, that we're constantly getting Chinese products that are low quality, covered in heavy metals, and/or drenched in formaldehyde, yet a Chinese owned app goes too far?

autoexec 2y ago

> The US has had rules against foreign ownership of media since forever. Why doesn't this apply to websites hosted overseas generally, or for other countries besides china. I can access media at www.abc.net.au just fine.

throw__away7391 2y ago
Well BBC has a division called "BBC America" which distributes their content in the US, which itself is jointly owned by AMC and anther US company called BBC Studios. I do not know anything about the details of this, but I imagine there were regulatory considerations when setting this up. But anyway, my point was that the concern over foreign influence is not a new idea and has been something people were worried about even over a century ago.
- autoexec 2y ago
  I don't think that concern is entirely unwarranted, I just don't think it's justification for censorship. If TikTok were violating US laws and refusing to comply that'd be one thing, but "Kids prefer an app made by a company in China" isn't really good enough. It's very strange that our government doesn't care that our phones are made in China, that damn near everything for sale on Amazon comes from China, that we're constantly getting Chinese products that are low quality, covered in heavy metals, and/or drenched in formaldehyde, yet a Chinese owned app goes too far?