POV: It's January 19th

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They could but they haven’t, so this ban is just racist economic protectionism.

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whataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhataboutwhatabout tho?

(For anyone reading this in the future: they made that edit addressing "responder-guys" when the comment had only one reply lol )

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When a person says the US is a republic, not a democracy, I take it as them defining "democracy" as a "pure democracy" only, despite the fact that there are other kinds, such as republics.

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Its just another troll. You give them labels like tankie but they are just trolls.

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Who? People with a lot to say?

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And "Israel" fell right into their trap by...committing genocide.

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& when you call them out they want to lead you down this endless response chain. You wonder if they get bonuses for it

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nice try sweetcheeks but as predicted, a second came

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If they were legitimately only banned for “tracking the location in the US and gathering large amounts of data”, then just about every single social media service would be under investigation for the same reason.

We aren't talking about TikTok simply gathering the information though, are we?

But yes, absolutely. Let's do it. And we know that: just because the other companies aren't being investigated/regulated in the same way, does not mean that it shouldn't happen at all. That's not how it works.

Also, you are making a fallacious argument yourself... If we were talking about banning US social media sites in China, then the comparison holds (and even then, it's not 1:1 given the political structure of the CCP vs. that of the US). Otherwise, TikTok is clearly unique among them in that the Chinese Government ostensibly has access to any and all information that is being collected.

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It is obvious that they want the other (US-based) companies to be able to continue collecting that data so they can gain access to it if they want/need it. It's bullshit, but it's clearly what they want.

But that being bullshit does not mean that they are wrong in not wanting the one that is under the control of a foreign adversary having access to that data. Two separate things.

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Oh is that what you were doing? Predicting?

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Cambridge analytica you fuck

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It’s outright shadowbanned at best and straight up banned at the isp level at worst.

That’s why tik tok is getting banned, because US spooks can’t control it.

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Oh yeah, nothing like hallucinating that everyone you talk to is an enemy, and when they complain, well that just proves it.

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No, that’s neurodivergence.

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As does all the American owned networks. That’s not the reason. Not pushing American propaganda is the reason.

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And the US social media companies are filled with spooks.

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The ~~Chinese~~ _American _ government is a tyrannical undemocratic dictatorship and I'm OK with not tolerating them or their propaganda wing.

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I didn't say tiktok is the bastion of free speech. They only do this in the Palestinian case because it does not serve them anything to be against palestine. We can criticise one party without making the other one some kind of "moral hero" of a story.