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Well, before you declare anti-China posturing, have you considered how China treats Western social media companies? They are completely banned.

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moon@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
China takes a protectionist stance towards many industries, whereas the US claims, not entirely correctly, to be a bastion of free trade. I’m not sure US citizens want their government taking cues from the CCP either

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- sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The US is hugely protectionist. Started under Trump, continued under Biden.
  
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Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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- sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I mean in trade disputes it often does.
  
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  - Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Perhaps, but not when you’re supposed to be the bastion of free speech. And while there is the aspect of this being about domestic neerdowells not getting their beaks wet. There’s plenty speech suppression involved as well. I think the stunt ticktok pulled in this case backfired spectacularly. It had been lurking in the background for a while. But it seems they felt urgency after that.
    
    I’d still have a problem with this even if they shut down sites like stormfront as well. But at least that would be consistently wrong. Not hypocritically wrong.
    
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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yep, imperialism is the same system of violent control around the globe.

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0ops@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
And that’s no one’s business but the Chinese

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