Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed.

• Damage@feddit.it ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess the EU should ban Meta and Xitter…

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The United States is not an enemy nation to the EU.

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    • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They basically do, as revealed by Snowden documents when the US forced American companies like AT&T, Microsoft, or Google to let them spy on their users. I don’t even think Tik Tok stores their user data in China servers, it’s in Texas or Virginia or Singapore.

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      • WhatsThePoint@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This was the original compromise, but Byte Dance repeatedly gave access to said servers to engineers with ties to the CCP against the agreement’s stipulations. Byte Dance broke the compromise.

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well then yeah maybe the EU should ban them. Thats up to them, but I would totally understand it if they did.

        As for TikTok’s user data, it doesn’t matter where it’s geographically stored. ByteDance has unfettered access to the data regardless, which means the CCP has unfettered access to it.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well yeah?

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  • caffinatedone@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably, but for other reasons. Neither of those are owned by the US, are they?

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  • Rakonat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes but not for the reasons stated in the post you replied to.

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• DogPeePoo@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It was apparently fine for years and years though lol

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You think that it being unaddressed made it “fine?” The United States had slavery for years and years before being banned and I wouldn’t call that “fine” either.

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    • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pedantic much?

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      • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nope a solid example of how just because something is not illegal doesn’t mean it is fine

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No it’s literally the exact same logical process you followed in your comment, just on a subject much worse. Also I know what it’s you’re accusing me of, but a “red herring” is not it lol.

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