U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok

Re:U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, includ... by chaos_a on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:23AM (#23756904)

the difference is that the US is using spying to stop people from doing illegal things. China is using spying to silence/monitor anyone who disagrees with it's government.

Yes, both countries are definitely spying on people via social media apps. But what they're using it for is different.

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Re:U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, includ... by apexalpha on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @06:09AM (#23757511)

Both governments use spying to stop people from doing things they made illegal in their countries.

I'm not here to argue the Chinese government is better than the US one. It's absolutely and unquestionably worse.

But from a perspective in Europe they're both foreign governments that I have no say in and that are not here for my best interest.

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Re:U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, includ... by rydre on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @06:46AM (#23757752)

If you really have European interests at heart, you would be banning both American and Chinese apps to give room for your incumbents to rise.

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Re:U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, includ... by apexalpha on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @07:14AM (#23757957)

I've made that argument a few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755863

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Re:U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, includ... by hellomyguys on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:39AM (#23760341)

>the difference is that the US is using spying to stop people from doing illegal things.

I don't think this is entirely accurate...

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