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Everybody talks about Facebook like they’re owned by the American government. They’re not. I’m sure the US government gets massive amounts of data from them, but they can’t control Facebook in the way China can control Tik Tok. And much of their surveillance is public with warrants whereas China does not need to follow any of that.

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isles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

with warrants

Yeah, maybe.

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- danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I get it. But it’s night and day different than the actual government owning the company.
  
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Shyfer@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
its not like the Chinese government doesn’t own Tik Tok, either.

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- jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If you think the Chinese government doesn’t have its hand directly up in Tik Tok, you’re absolutely fooling yourself. China has much more direct control over companies, well beyond what the US government has.
  
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- danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So this bill is not going to do anything but require ByteDance to sell the tiny small insignificant minuscule 1% that the Chinese government owns and in no way uses to influence how the company is run.
  
  Sounds like it’s no big deal!
  
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