Comment on US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And Twitter, Instagram and others are American spyware.

  Full control of social media must be held. Free speech btw

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  • mPony@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    others are American spyware

    The M.O. of American business has always been clear: The internet exists to enrich the already-powerful. All Internet systems must be considered a possible vector for mission-critical business communication. As such, EVERY message sent over the internet must be viewable by those who might benefit from seeing it. Every phone call must be interceptable and traceable. Every new business idea must be known. Every new competitor must be stifled or bought out. Every piece of information which could be used to coerce or force compliance / silence must be gathered. If there is insufficient leverage then leverage must be manufactured.
    Yes this sounds like paranoid hyperbole. but it explains pretty much everything.

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    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The classic “Freedom of speech except for platforms that say mean things about us”.

      At least China is open about their censorship

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