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 1 month ago
Good. The ban is censorship dressed up as national security.
disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TikTok is state sponsored spyware dressed up as fUnNy ViDeOs
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
And Facebook isn’t?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Shit I forgot the us government owns 50% of Facebook
DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 1 month ago
Access to the data it’s what matters, ownership is just one method of access.
istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
They don’t need to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month 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 1 month ago
They don’t need to. Facebook plays ball.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
*crickets chirping*
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month 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 1 month ago
So is Instagram
trolololol@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Whatabout! Whatabout!
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 month 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 1 month ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
And if someone chooses to watch that, that's their business. Not nanny government's.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
The really secret is that the government is jealous of China
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
I no longer opt into conversations with people who believe “China bad” is an argument winner