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The "treatment" TikTok is receiving is a requirement that its US presence should be sold to a US company. Facebook is already a US company, so I'm not sure what
by bgun 2y ago
The "treatment" TikTok is receiving is a requirement that its US presence should be sold to a US company. Facebook is already a US company, so I'm not sure what you mean. TikTok is not actually getting banned, unless it fails to achieve that sale, which is highly unlikely.
- orangecat 2y agoIt looks like the CCP will not allow TikTok to be sold (https://twitter.com/michaelsobolik/status/1787902538928304338 https://twitter.com/michaelsobolik/status/178790253892830433...), which just further establishes that it's primarily an intelligence and propaganda operation controlled by a hostile government.
- p_j_w 2y ago> I'm not sure what you mean. Stop with the intentionally obtuse “well akshually” stuff. You know what I meant: lawmakers should put Facebook under the same scrutiny and find a legal loophole that allows them to stop the harm Facebook is causing. > TikTok is not actually getting banned Semantic bullshit. Similarly strong logical footing as “we’re democratic we just don’t allow non-communist political parties.”
- orangecat 2y agoWhether feed-driven social media is bad is orthogonal to whether China controlling TikTok is a national security threat. Personally I believe both are true, but the latter is much easier to deal with via legislation. Semantic bullshit. Similarly strong logical footing as “we’re democratic we just don’t allow non-communist political parties.” Would you be fine with Yandex running TikTok?
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