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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by KKKKkkkk1 on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:54PM (#23686015)
Honestly, I don't see the difference between TikTok and other social media apps and the old media. Why not ban Hollywood, the Beatles, and McDonald's then? Aren't they a source of pernicious American influence on this generation's youth?
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by GuiA on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:02PM (#23686048)
> Aren't they a source of pernicious American influence on this generation's youth?

Many countries have broadcast laws around a maximum amount of foreign programming (for one example amongst many, private French radios have to play French music for at least 40% of their programming).

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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by grecy on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @12:27AM (#23686559)
The difference is that China = bad and America = good.
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by ta17711771 on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:56PM (#23686025)
Yes.
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