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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by fqye on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:41PM (#24015684)
Bing is accessible from China. FB and Twitter must comply with censorship rules and storage of user data in China, among other things, to operate in China. Google was operating and accessible in China until China made clear the rules for them to follow. Google decided it couldn't follow they they pulled out the search engine business from China. China didn't force Google to sell. Censorship is bad but that is another issue.

And to do personal attack doesn't make you look smart.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by actuator on Friday July 31, 2020 @09:12PM (#24016350)
Yeah, I think that was their mistake. Though I personally commend Google for standing up for their ideals at that time as to how they thought about information and access to it.

But it is not like PRC makes it easy to do business there. There is a well known episode of a breach orchestrated by PLA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by fqye on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:54PM (#24015799)
So what? If CCP isn't allowed to be defended here, isn't this place exactly what CCP is?
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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by haecceity on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:22PM (#24016015)
He has such an account because he wants to remain anonymous because views such as his are such that people like you would censor and ostracize him. Such is the hypocrisy of one who cries for freedom and free speech.
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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by asveikau on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:31PM (#24016077)
That rule seems a little strange. What if it happens to be, legitimately, only a single purpose that interests you? For example if you only commented about your favorite framework...
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