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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by sniperjzp on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:28PM (#23681503)
This is funny, can you elaborate how come a ranking algorithm is a national security threat? It reminds me of the time when Google/FB/Instagram/Twitter still worked in China, Chinese govt used the same excuse to ban big tech social platforms.
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by kevincox on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:09PM (#23683102)
Propaganda is powerful. If China wanted to send a message to change public opinion around the world tweaking the recommendation algorithm to do that would be a very helpful tool.
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by toxik on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @03:33AM (#23687604)
The CCP band western propaganda platforms, which Facebook etc could be said to be. Fine, I think any set of ideologies need propaganda, like every company needs advertisement.

If you understand that, then surely you must see the symmetry in banning Tiktok etc?

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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by dingle_thunk on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @05:46AM (#23688374)
The great firewall should work both ways, otherwise it encourages more selective censorship.
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