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Why is it being banned exactly?
Who cares? It's just going to be replaced with something else if that happens.
We should ban it just to stop the brain rot alone.Not something I expected to hear from you (especially that particular term); banning a source of brain rot just removes that specific source of brain rot.
Why is it being banned exactly?Spyware, IIRC
Why is it being banned exactly?
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What do they have to do with the potential ban being discussed?
Why is it being banned exactly?Because it's Chinese interests stealing your personal info instead of US businesses.
Think of the children! is never a good reason to do anything. In fact Im pretty sure its used more dishonestly than notWhat about buying food for starving children
What about buying food for starving childrenNo right wing politician has ever supported that
No right wing politician has ever supported thatWell, to be fair, if we feed starving children, how will they ever learn to feed themselves? And also what if they want some of my food? I know I have more food than anybody, and some of its going bad, but why should I share it?
It's being banned because Chinese spyware bad, US spyware good.It's not even Chinese is the thing.
It's not even Chinese is the thing.it is specifically Chinese. the government can order Chinese-owned companies to do anything including spy and they have to comply. tiktok's owned by a Chinese company, so yeah the government can order tiktok to spy on people. there's just zero evidence it's more than a hypothetical
it is specifically Chinese. the government can order Chinese-owned companies to do anything including spy and they have to comply. tiktok's owned by a Chinese company, so yeah the government can order tiktok to spy on people. there's just zero evidence it's more than a hypotheticalI just looked it up and it's a multinational company that isn't based in China
TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.
Concerns have been raised about the potential control and influence of the Chinese government over TikTok's owner, ByteDance, in particular the extraterritorial implications of China's 2017 National Intelligence Law. An article in the law insists that all organizations and citizens shall "support, assist and cooperate with national intelligence efforts."
Spyware, IIRC
The Zionists are not playing around with anti-free-speech measures.
where tf did you look it upCan we dissect that, what is a mainland counterpart?
Can we dissect that, what is a mainland counterpart?it's a different app for mainland China.
it's a different app for mainland China.As a CE refugee I have to ask: Does Yellow normally shill this hard for China, or is this something new?
regardless:
owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.
As a CE refugee I have to ask: Does Yellow normally shill this hard for China, or is this something new?no clue, not sure if he's China shilling or just uninformed. I recall the TikTok CEO during Senate hearings claiming it was a Taiwanese company, so maybe that's where he's getting it from.
i remember the ceo repeatedly saying he was singaporean while the congressman interviewing him kept asking him stupid questionsahhh right it was Singaporean. the questions being extremely stupid arguably made him look good lol.
it's a different app for mainland China.I'm asking a legitimate question for clarification if you know it, allegedly , if their counterpart is Chinese owned, what's a counterpart mean to them? Just a company that does business in China alongside them?
regardless:
owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.
As a CE refugee I have to ask: Does Yellow normally shill this hard for China, or is this something new?I'm not a tankie.
I'm asking a legitimate question for clarification if you know it, allegedly , if their counterpart is Chinese owned, what's a counterpart mean to them? Just a company that does business in China alongside them?Sorry, I thought my explanation was clear.
I'll figure it out myself if you don't know because you seem more interested in getting a dunk in.
I'm not a tankie.
I don't use TikTok nor am I a fan of the culture it creates , but the government banning it sets a dangerous precedence.Is the dangerous precedence banning other social media? Or is it moreso having the rationale to ban platforms arbitrarily?