Comment on TikTok sues the US government over ban

• Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is incredibly disingenuous. The US might not be a true democracy, but it’s not an authoritarian regime. Xi and putin disappear people who have an opinion on whether they should be forever-rulers.

  The fact that independent parties exist and hold seats at all three levels of government mean you are fundamentally wrong in saying there are only two choices.

  The US is a flawed democracy. That’s still better than an authoritarian regime.

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  • banana_lama@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Power in the US is held within an oligarchy and when they are threatened people get disappeared. There’s examples of that but one that’s being made an example of in broad daylight is Julian Assange

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• jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While the US might be hot shit, it’s still our OWN shit. Keep your cold shit on your side of the pond.

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  • istanbullu@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not an American. By your logic, let’s ban all American social media.

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      let’s ban all American social media.

      That would be great. Where can I sign?

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      • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Just wondering why would you want to ban anything? Does banning something solve any problem that a normal person has? I mean if the ban wave is on it would be fair to ban anything that’s not open source but I do think censorship is cancer.

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    • jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      TikTok is a psyops software disguised as a social media application. Facebook is bad for other reasons. But psysops are not one of them.

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      • istanbullu@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Facebook complies with the Cloud Act.

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      • irreticent@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Facebook is bad for other reasons. But psysops are not one of them.

        You’ve obviously never heard of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That meddled in our presidential election on behalf of a hostile foreign nation.

        There are also plenty of other examples of Facebook running psyop campaigns themselves on their own users. Your claim is demonstrably false.

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  • demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol I’m not british

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