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But in practice, that means the only global social network—one that is accessible in both the US and in China—is one that agrees to Chinese censorship laws. IMO
by Wowfunhappy 2y ago
But in practice, that means the only global social network—one that is accessible in both the US and in China—is one that agrees to Chinese censorship laws. IMO, this is a massive backfire to the purpose of freedom of speech.
- corimaith 2y agoparadox of intolerance rears it's head up again.
- brookst 2y agoYes? That’s how it works. Because as soon as you act like the enemy, you’re no different from them.
- votepaunchy 2y agoAn America without TikTok is still vastly more free than China. Our constitution is not a suicide pact.
- oskarkk 2y agoIsn't there a totally separate TikTok for China? >TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong[3] counterpart is Douyin,[a][4] is a short-form video hosting service (...) >While TikTok and Douyin share a similar user interface, the platforms operate separately.[28][4][29] Douyin includes an in-video search feature that can search by people's faces for more videos of them, along with other features such as buying, booking hotels, and making geo-tagged reviews.[30] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok So I think even TikTok (app for non-China markets) isn't available in China.
- llamaimperative 2y agoYep, liberalism is hard. More breaking news at 10.