POV: It's January 19th

Count Regal Inkwell

I did, but then I realised I'm wrong about the VPN thing.

I was thinking of the RESTRICT act from 2023, which did ban the usage of VPNs (and was the "Original" Tiktok ban law)

Apparently in the year and change I spent not really caring (look, this is an American problem, y'all slam your metaphorical penises in the car door at least three times a day. And I have my own country's dick-slammings to care about. I only hear about it when it's particularly egregious or when I see a meme like this that is cheering for the dick-slamming) the RESTRICT act got shot down, and another one was quickly drafted.

The one that was approved does not ban VPNs. So. That's on me. My b.

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Yea but we're not getting anywhere with "tolerance 100%"

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

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I'm not American though.

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TikTok singlehandedly got a neonazy elected in eastern Europe.

Count Regal Inkwell

Replace the yous for theys. Same thing.

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False dichotomy. They could’ve been banned on legitimate pretenses AND other reasons threatening power.

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. But do we currently see that happening?

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Shut up alien

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Have you tried actually comparing the content on Tiktok vs other social networks? Or are you just regurgitating some talking point?

From the few years I've been on Tiktok, it is by far the least toxic and bigoted social network I've seen, Lemmy included.
I'm no fan of China, but if we're considering "being less bigoted" to be commie propaganda, then we need to take a look in the mirror. Absolutely throwing the baby out with the bath water here

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Someone ban this man NOW

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Right, I just wanted to correct the mistake

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Ah yes, TikTok, the land free of censorship. Where you can’t say “gay” and must insert a stupid little asterisk.

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I wasn’t sure this was an actual a tankie rant or sarcasm until the

TikTok and China in general are known for their calm, collected attitudes toward Muslims

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X got one elected in the US so I guess they’re 1-1 in that regard :’)

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FTFY

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Yuppp. Newsflash, Chinese government is committing a genocide against the Uighur peoples

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hankie hugger, yall ain’t gonna win this one

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Not sure that it’s “most” anymore. Propaganda huffers realized there was more new land to destroy / minds to influence & they had to come settle here too

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Go away CCP shill

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Funny how the Chinese are using Palestinians to try to further their own geopolitical position. It's almost like the October 7th attack as engineered by Israel AND Iran. You know who Irans allies are... Right?

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Obviously the US. China imports and exports everything through the oceans. Have fun with Russian potatoes dumb dumb CCP members xD