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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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