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Whoever cares about privacy would certainly stay away from TokTok. This is just absurd. Ban the app already
by udev4096 1y ago
Whoever cares about privacy would certainly stay away from TokTok. This is just absurd. Ban the app already
- lukan 1y ago"Ban the app already" And FB, Insta, Google, Youtube, ..? The only difference with TikTok is that it is based in china.
- seydor 1y agoThe relationship between EU and US is certainly closer than China
- lukan 1y agoIt is. But if a US company like Paypal decides to blacklist me for whatever reason (data shared from other companies) - the consequences for me are way higher.
- seydor 1y agothat's because common interests are closer
- _Algernon_ 1y agoQuestionable whether that will still be true in 4 years. At least China can still be expected to operate rationally.
- graemep 1y agoReally? A nice rational genocide or two? China is an expansionist dictatorship. It would be ridiculous to suggest it is more trustworthy than the US. The US is actually acting rationally IMO. People just look at headlines and do not dig into the reasons. You might not agree with the reasoning, but it is not irrational. For example the tariffs clearly follow from arguments made by Trump's appointees (such as Bessent and Marin) even before the election, and definitely before being appointed.
- aurareturn 1y agoReally? A nice rational genocide or two? Huh? So China dealing with an internal extremist Islam problem is a genocide? But the US funding/providing weapons to Israel in the Gaza war is not a genocide? China is an expansionist dictatorship. It would be ridiculous to suggest it is more trustworthy than the US. The US has bombed 29 countries since WW2. How many has China bombed? The US has installed dictators in foreign countries, influenced countless democratic elections. How many has China installed?
- kubb 1y agoYou’re getting downvoted, but the US foreign policy is more hawkish than China’s by any measure. Internally I’m inclined to believe that it can be hell on earth for minorities.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoThey are getting downvoted because they are arguing against a straw man. >But the US funding/providing weapons to Israel in the Gaza war is not a genocide? Nowhere did the comment they replied to claim that the war in Gaza isn't a genocide.
- kubb 1y agoYou’re right, but if you admit that, it’s hard to claim that China is more brutal than the US, and therefore less trustworthy.
- aurareturn 1y agoNowhere did the comment they replied to claim that the war in Gaza isn't a genocide. The author I responded to thinks China is worse in terms of genocides/killing people than the US. Therefore, the US is more "trustworthy". I gave examples countering that. The US has always dealt with Islam extremists with bombs and killings. China is doing it through education camps. No, the camps probably aren't pleasant. It's a hard problem that requires a hard solution. But to me, China's way seems way more humane. Viewed in another lens, perhaps China deserves a Nobel Peace prize for their camps instead of being labeled as a genocide.
- seydor 1y agoWe should remember that Donald Trump is not the only american
- _Algernon_ 1y agoDonald Trump is not the only American but he is the only American that matters for foreign policy, considering that checks and balances that are supposed to reign him in have been shown to have no teeth.
- master-lincoln 1y agoYeah, but it seems like half of the other US Americans want him to represent them. So it's not unlikely that whoever comes after Trump acts like him too.
- yupyupyups 1y ago>rationally Predictably, not rationally.
- drodgers 1y agoYes.
- aloisdg 1y agoYes to ban? if so, yes.
- nextworddev 1y agoAnd that’s a very big difference
- yupyupyups 1y agoYes, ban those too. We need services that respect user privacy and are not a longterm security threat.
- KomoD 1y ago> And FB, Insta, Google, Youtube, ..? Fine by me! Especially FB.
- Retr0id 1y agoEveryone deserves privacy.