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I don't use TikTok, but I strongly disapprove of this. Feels like we've stooped to China's level when it comes to free speech? All this has done is validate the

by jquery 2y ago

I don't use TikTok, but I strongly disapprove of this. Feels like we've stooped to China's level when it comes to free speech? All this has done is validate them banning Google and Facebook. What a petty move. I understand the theoretical security concerns, but this feels like total overkill.

MaxHoppersGhost 2y ago
They already banned Facebook and Google. We should reciprocate everything they do to us.
- latentcall 2y ago
  Why?
  - xdennis 2y ago
    Because you can't have good relations with someone when they profit off of you but don't allow you to. If your neighbor kept borrowing cups of sugar from you, but never lends you any sugar, would you keep giving him sugar?
    - gembeMx 2y ago
      Yes, it’s what Christ requires of us
asadotzler 2y ago
This is either a bullshit argument or a wildly uninformed opinion. We've been banning foreign ownership of TV and radio in the US since 1934. How is this any different?
- hnpolicestate 2y ago
  This isn't accurate. The government has never banned Americans from watching a foreign television show or listening to a foreign radio broadcast. Please don't distort history.
  - martimarkov 2y ago
    But they have banned books, Mr. Chinese troll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_banning_in_the_United_States_(2021–present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_banning_in_the_United_Sta...
    - hnpolicestate 2y ago
      American as apple pie. I know my rights.