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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by AbrahamParangi on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:48AM (#24082448)
Consider every concern about facebook having too much power on things like elections.

Now imagine if facebook were controlled by an adversarial authoritarian regime.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by zolosa on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:23AM (#24082854)
Or looking at the PRISM program it's better to ban Facebook and it's children companies rather than imagining .
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by AbrahamParangi on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:24AM (#24082882)
It would not be at all unreasonable for other countries to ban US social media companies.
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