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Consider how this spat looks from the perspective of a European. The US controls Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp. Ow
by michaelt 2y ago
Consider how this spat looks from the perspective of a European.
The US controls Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp.
Owner of Twitter has office space in the white house, and is calling for the overthrow of elected European governments and deliberately spreading misinformation.
Then the US sees one non-american-owned social media network and decides it's got to be banned.
Perhaps those Europeans should consider whether they want foreigners influencing domestic audiences?
- grajaganDev 2y ago>The US controls Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp. Not in the way that the CCP controls ByteDance. ByteDance cannot win a lawsuit against the Chinese government. China, Russia and Iran are designated adversaries and will be treated as such. And I think Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp should be also be far more regulated. Musk won't be in the White House for long.
- brookst 2y agoYes, they should. The mistake here is seeing the US action as a universal moral statement and therefore hypocritical. The US action was simply pragmatic. There is no claim of universality or morality. I very much agree other countries should also look at US hegemony through a pragmatic lens: is this a net harm? It’s kind of funny that you raise it as a gotcha.