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Trump said yesterday in his speech that they want a model where the US owns 50% of Tik Tok and has some oversight. This is pretty much the exact same setup tha
by Dig1t 2y ago
Trump said yesterday in his speech that they want a model where the US owns 50% of Tik Tok and has some oversight.
This is pretty much the exact same setup that US companies get in China. This seems like a pretty decent compromise actually. Free speech advocates win because people still get to use the service, but national security folks also get a win because they can monitor its use by a foreign government and shut things down if it’s being used maliciously.
- jayd16 2y agoI don't want to live in blue China, especially when the oversight is the Trump administration. I wouldn't call required government control a free speech win.
- Dig1t 2y agoI mean it’s a compromise, usually both sides are unhappy when a compromise is made haha. There are real concerns that the CCP could use it as a tool to manipulate and spy on the American people. There’s a good reason why Tik Tok is being banned in many countries around the world. Also a good reason why China bans and tightly controls American social media companies in their country. But if we agree to compromise, we can ideally find a balance where the average American is best served.
- jayd16 2y agoIf the we earnestly believe that why would we need ownership and exclude most other corporations? Why aren't we pushing for FEC like oversight? Seems to me that this strategy is as best not earnest and at worst only serves those in power.
- Dig1t 2y agoWell I think people at the top consider China to be special, same thing happened with the sale of Grindr to a Chinese company. That was stopped by the US government because it could easily be used by the CCP to do bad things like blackmail Americans. I do believe that both sides of the political spectrum agree that there is a special threat posed by Chinese involvement in American social media. This TikTok ban was pushed forward by both sides of the aisle and has had support from people in both administrations. Social media in general is ofc toxic and terrible for all kinds of other reasons, but WRT national security TikTok is so huge now that it’s getting special treatment.
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- riversflow 2y ago> This is pretty much the exact same setup that US companies get in China. I mean, no? Meta, Google, X, Snap and American social networks in general are banned in China.
- Dig1t 2y agoIt is the setup for all companies which are not banned in China lol
- riversflow 2y agoCompanies are not fungible in the eyes of a nation.