I thought the worst censorship is on facebook… then i started using tiktok…
Comment on TikTok sues the US government over ban
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Good. The ban is censorship dressed up as national security.
disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TikTok is state sponsored spyware dressed up as fUnNy ViDeOs
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
And Facebook isn’t?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Shit I forgot the us government owns 50% of Facebook
DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 6 months ago
Access to the data it’s what matters, ownership is just one method of access.
istanbullu@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
They don’t need to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
It doesn’t matter who owns it. It’s the data that the US government is accessing.
I couldn’t give a shit about TikTok, I’ve never used it in my life. I just think the US should be open and say we are banning this as we don’t have control over it. Sure China is only doing what we are doing but fuck em. I’d respect that.
Also, it’s got to be about silencing pro-Palestinian rhetoric too.
If they ban TikTok they should ban FaceBook and Instagram too.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They don’t need to. Facebook plays ball.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have a question for you. What is the difference between Google being banned in China and Tik Tok being banned in the US?
irreticent@lemmy.world 5 months ago
*crickets chirping*
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
There really isn’t, but perhaps they should be honest about that.
Also, is Google banned or Google won’t do what China wants so left? I don’t know the answer.
istanbullu@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
So is Instagram
trolololol@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can I ban NSA from spying on me? I’m not even on fReEeDoOoOoM land, I should be entitled to some amount of privacy
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Whatabout! Whatabout!
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 months ago
This is not whataboutism - it’s looking at the bigger picture. The point is that you should want to prevent all mass surveillance by social media companies. Not force them to sell so that the government can get its greedy paws on the data.
UckyBon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes I need my government to tell me obvious facts like foreign surveillance is bad. I’m just that stupid /s
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months ago
And if someone chooses to watch that, that's their business. Not nanny government's.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The really secret is that the government is jealous of China
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Which is any different than YouTube, Lemmy or anything else?
I think people should have a right to shoot themselves in the foot if they choose.
darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The difference from the perspective of the US is that it’s spyware from a potentially malicious foreign state. China bans US tech companies as well, TikTok took advantage of the US having a much more open market and the state decided that they were acting in bad faith.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I no longer opt into conversations with people who believe “China bad” is an argument winner