cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12876226
The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.
US officials have cited the widespread commercial availability of US citizens’ data as another source of national security risk. The US government and other domestic law enforcement agencies are also known to have purchased US citizens’ data from commercial data brokers.
so is instagram and facebook but you don’t see people rabidly want to ban them.
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they are propaganda machines though
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tiktok and Facebook use in the US have nothing to do with anything you are rambling about.
Facebook manufactures consent for the military industrial complex and capitalist interests and since it is not overtly controlled by Lockheed or the Pentagon, it’s propaganda is more sinister. at least you know who pulls the strings at tiktok
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hey i looked up wumao and i was right. you were just pigeonholing.
if you can’t engage in honest conversation without accusations of shilling, you might find a great experience on facebook, x (formerly twitter), or reddit. the youtube comment section might fit your style, as well.
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idk wut wumoa means,but it sounds like you are pigeonholing me instead of dealing with what I Said
yes they are run by the us empire, which has a more violent history.
still not seeing the point of banning one over the other
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the real enemy of the world is the US by a long shot. what the US does warrants invasions and wars on 3rd world countries by the US, the same isnt true for china.
no country has such a dark and murderous history. my country is on that list and we are suffering from the consequences still, decades later.
and yes, having people die of starvation in one of the poorest countries in the planet is sadly expected. no system of government can fix a country that huge overnight.
banning shit like tiktok like you have a huge moral highground is hypocritical at best when US apps are doing it all around the planet.
e: how could i forget the genocide you are sponsoring
