Comment on House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months agoSo you’re going to shut down YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc as well right? Considering they all do the same thing and FB even interfered in an election?
Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 months ago
If they start stealing information for china? Yes. I’d suggest we shut them down too.
See? I’m not so reliant on social media that I’m willing to sacrifice my security for them.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Then do so. This is that tiktok is any worse because it’s Chinese is ridiculous.
Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The fact that you’re here defending china is not at all lost on me. I’m not allowing you to waste my time again.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m really not. I want Congress to pass actual laws, not operate as an adjunct to American Corporations.
CeeBee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Either the propaganda is working or there’s no hope for any of us. And I’m not saying this facetiously.
The idea of a company in China versus in the West is very different. In the West a company has near complete autonomy within the confines of law in the democratic country it’s in. In China, a company is completely beholden to the will of the CCP. Smaller companies are not worth getting involved with, but larger companies like Bytedance and Baidu are effectively corporate offices of the CCP.
We’re talking about a communist dictatorship that’s constantly threatening Taiwan with invasion and death threats. Goes around the South China Sea harassing the countries there by attacking their military and civilian ships with high power water cannons. Putting nets and markers right up against those same countries, in some instances within 50 or so kilometers. Then there’s the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people. The constant suppression of any negative news. The complete isolation of its people from accessing the internet or news from the rest of the world. It just goes on.
China is an adversarial power to Western nations and even many Asian ones.
The issue isn’t that Bytedance is simply Chinese. The issue is that China does not allow a single bit of information leaving its borders without its explicit say so. Which is why any Chinese company that conducts any business outside China has CCP officials stationed at the company’s offices and have to examine and approve everything that goes out.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So what’s the difference between the CCP getting it for free from Tiktok and paying for it from an “American” corporation?
None of what you said matters in this. Not when Zuckerberg is specifically courting China to spend advertising dollars and buy data.
Is the money changing hands making the end effect any different?
TikTok is both a sacrifice to make it look like something is being done and a called hit on a competitor.