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Personally I don’t think ‘totalitarian government does it, so should we’ is a super compelling reason.
by madeofpalk 3y ago
Personally I don’t think ‘totalitarian government does it, so should we’ is a super compelling reason.
- uejfiweun 3y agoGive me a break... what, you'd rather just let said totalitarian government pump their propaganda into the US? This is a great example of following your moral principles right off the cliff.
- loteck 3y agoWhat makes you think the propaganda won't be pumped in if the US app is sold to a different company?
- uejfiweun 3y agoIf it's sold to a US company then it will be our intelligence agencies pumping the propaganda, not theirs. Which is an outcome I'm more amenable to, considering that our intelligence agencies generally have more of an interest in the stability of American society than the intelligence agencies of China.
- madeofpalk 3y agoSee also - Facebook is American owned, yet that never stopped assertions that it was used by foreign adversaries to pump their propaganda.
- throw-the-towel 3y agoSo if it's propaganda either way, then no loss will happen?
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoTolerance shouldn’t tolerate intolerance.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoWhy is this downvoted? This is a well known philosophical problem with a known solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- tptacek 3y agoOwnership restrictions on media companies generally are commonplace throughout the developed world.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoBeing common doesn't make them a good idea.
- tptacek 3y agoThat's true, it just makes them common. This is a good idea on its own merits.
- hi-v-rocknroll 3y agoExactly. Leadership isn't following with tit-for-tat pettiness. What would be US leadership would similar to what Ro Khanna is saying with data and personal information privacy standards like a nationwide US GDPR but with the teeth of something like HIPAA. Data brokers should be put out of business.
- EasyMark 3y agoBecause we don't want to look like pushovers and wimps who won't push back against a bully who is eating our lunch.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago> Personally I don’t think ‘totalitarian government does it, so should we’ is a super compelling reason. How about “make economic power and one of our main competitors” does it? Just because China is a totalitarian government didn’t mean they can do the “right” thing.