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If TikTok is the only place you can speak and there aren’t equivalent services then it sounds like it needs to be broken up on the basis of being a monopoly. A
by lovich 2y ago
If TikTok is the only place you can speak and there aren’t equivalent services then it sounds like it needs to be broken up on the basis of being a monopoly.
As there are other services and the only thing being targeted is foreign ownership by members of a country that blocks our services, then no, I don’t think it’s about censorship.
This wasn’t even a ban on TikTok, bytedance could have sold to an American owner but have refused.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYou’ll find most of TikTok content on YouTube shorts or on Facebook. Content provider often don’t even bother getting rid of the TikTok watermark.
- rfoo 2y ago> This wasn’t even a ban on TikTok, bytedance could have sold to an American owner but have refused. So, you mean this wasn't even a ban, it was just robbery?
- lovich 2y agoI legitimately believe that classifying this as robbery is a lot closer to the truth than classifying it as censorship. Not that I’d fully agree with that vis a vis how international relations between China and the USA work, but it’s definitely a more accurate description