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Re:U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisi... by crematoria on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:42PM (#21423488)
The problem is that the Chinese government has almost total control over Chinese apps, so American citizens are rightly afraid that Chinese apps might serve as vehicles of Chinese government propaganda.

It's totally okay for both America and China to ban whatever foreign stuff they want, though, and both of them have very good reasons to do so.

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Re:U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisi... by quaquaqua1 on Friday November 01, 2019 @06:47PM (#21424492)
>Chinese government has total almost total control over Chinese apps

I agree. But watch what happens when you post something bad about an influential person on an American app. The feds pay attention to you more and lean harder on you. The end outcome is the same.

>Ban foreign content

How can we live in a world where it's ok for any government to decide what you can and can't see

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