POV: It's January 19th

[daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

As an adult, that's my choice to make, not the government.

[semjaza@lemmynsfw.com]

Aren't they a 49:51 split international company:Chinese version?

[semjaza@lemmynsfw.com]

I thought it was because they wanted to be in charge of what was censored and what wasn't and was left able to be seen and shared amongst users.

Also, what Chinese Facebook? Xiaohong Shu or DaZhong DianPing are probably closest... But still way off.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

Or ever, unless you go there.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

You can't have your "we're better than them cos freedumb" cake and eat it too.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

Yeah, Google's tracking is way more pervasive and far less optional.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

You should probably ready the wiki article on whataboutism, so that you understand how to use it correctly next time.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

It means your facts hurt their feels.

[tja@programming.dev]

As long as the Chinese entity has control, it's fair game.

[tja@programming.dev]

Well, let's set the bar at not having concentration camps or not going to jail or being made "dissappear" for criticizing the government. For now...

[pyroneurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yes, but also note that it hasn't been recinded, and our current Supreme Court has a soft spot for digging up forgotten legislation.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

I'm not sure that's a bar you even clear, given the ice "detention centres" you set up domestically and places like abu ghraib or Gitmo you run on foreign soil. And as for criticising the government, what's the practical use if a felon and a billionaire can rig your election without any repercussions anyway?

"I can call trump a criminal online, that's freedom right there!"

"Will he actually be arrested?"

"Well no, but it feels good to say it"

[touchegoodsir@lemy.lol]

No I don't. I apologize. Lost a close family member a few days ago and I'm lashing out inappropriately

[frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe]

..and completely avoid any and all Chinese products. Good thing their global influence isn't increasing constantly.

[tja@programming.dev]

I don't know who is this "you" person mentioned, but I'm thankfully not American and my country has done nothing of sorts.

Plus people are not tortured even in ice centers. Gitmo is another story, but those are war crimes, not genocide. I know, weird argument, but I like to be precise m

[0ops@lemm.ee]

Not to mention meta. They'll do all of the above and when they're done sell the data to the highest bidder.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

Please outline how your personal political opinions about china are going to affect the fact that you have a Chinese toaster. I'll wait.

[semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.world]

Foreign governments are supposed to buy information from American social media companies. Tik Tok cut out the middleman so they're getting banned.

[charmoffensive@lemm.ee]

People aren't tortured with an iron maiden, but when you have conditions like under trump in 2020, and the suicide rate in ice detention jumped 11 times higher than the previous 10 year average, I don't think you can suggest ice detention is that far away from concentration camps.

[surph_ninja@lemmy.world]

Disinformation.

TikTok has been under control of the State Dept for years, since TikTok transferred custody of US servers to Oracle. The ban is to force a sale to a US competitor, and decrease transparency on censorship activities, especially regarding Palestine and pro-communism material.

TikTok: Chinese “Trojan Horse” Is Run by State Department Officials

A MintPress News investigation has found that dozens of former officials from the State Department, CIA and FBI are working in key positions at TikTok and affecting the content that over one billion users see.

MintPress News (www.mintpressnews.com)