Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by whoevercares on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:16PM
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It’s not a critical department at all —- major leadership doesn’t normally give it a shit. It’s just symbolic at most of the times
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Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by biscottigelato on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:23PM
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We give so much more slack when it's a company that supports a totalitarian regime.
When it's Facebook which is subject to scrutiny of many major democratic governments and press, we gives it no slack.
Ironic and funny.
Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by mullingitover on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:57PM
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Who is this 'we' we're talking about? Clearly the US government gives Facebook all of the slack (arguably since Facebook offers the US intelligence services a panopticon). The only people not giving Facebook slack are activists.
And Tiktok, despite their US arm being a US company, essentially is facing the execution of their business at the hands of the US government unless they do a fire sale under duress.
Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by bluesign on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:31PM
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Facebook has very bad track record with privacy and abusing use data, tbh they are getting what they deserve.
We are not giving a slack to a company that supports a totalitarian regime, if you see this as support, you can say that Apple is supporting Chinese totalitarian regime too.