• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    that’s a whole lot of words used to sell tiktok as a fun wholesome platform…

    I’m getting strong “both sides are the same” vibes from that wall of text.

    tiktok will be the first(of many) apps that will be removed from access within the US. why? to protect the people from outside influence and to protect national defense.

    I’m not here to argue about the shit the US has or is doing that’s the same or better or worse than China. I don’t care because, it’s a red herring.

    tiktok has a well known and documented history of lying about their privacy protections. on the record they have sold American user data to Chinese backed MICs.

    it’s a threat to national security. the end.

    • IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      You actually tricked yourself into believing this isn’t all about shutting down competition to American companies or stopping people’s (especially young people’s) power to disseminate even remotely left leaning views that could gain traction and threaten the oligarchs.

      I mean even the politicians who back this bill state as much, so I’m not sure why you think this is about national defense. American citizens are just under as much threat as before, but now they have one less way to express themselves. Ain’t that great. /s