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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:13PM (#24015959)
There's nothing wrong with speech we don't like, unless (as in this case) it's made at the direction of a foreign government. There's long-standing precedent for preventing that kind of thing.
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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by mullingitover on Friday July 31, 2020 @10:03PM (#24016697)
> There's nothing wrong with speech we don't like, unless (as in this case) it's made at the direction of a foreign government.

I mean, we don't ban China Daily. Also, and I'm going to have to check with someone who uses TikTok, but I don't think the Chinese government is giving orders to TikTok users about what to songs they're supposed to dance to on any given day.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by dodobirdlord on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:07AM (#24017474)
> Also, and I'm going to have to check with someone who uses TikTok, but I don't think the Chinese government is giving orders to TikTok users about what to songs they're supposed to dance to on any given day.

They could, though. China is welcome to repeal those laws if they don't want the rest of the world to assume that they use them...

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