Comment on What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet
rigatti@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe US and China maintain a good economic relationship but aren’t exactly buddies when it comes to geopolitical issues and have very different viewpoints on things like human rights and democracy.
thequantumcog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, I know about that. But why is US limiting technological advancements in China? (By banning GPUs / companies) I don’t see China doing the same.
EndOfLine@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are you kidding? China has some of the strongest censorship laws in the world which includes filtering internet content and blocking access to apps. North Korea is the only country that has more repressed access to free information.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China
The Chinese government has banned, among others, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, BBC, Wikipedia and … are you ready for this … TIKTOK. The Chinese government agrees that TikTok should be banned (though for different reasons).
…wikipedia.org/…/List_of_websites_blocked_in_main…
thequantumcog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was not talking about censorship. I was talking about technological advancements.
But you have a fair point as this post is about censorship.
EndOfLine@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How is banning TikTok “limiting technological advancements”?
Would you agree that I was able to provide examples of “China doing the same” which you stated that you “did not see”?