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Re:TikTok and WeChat: Curating and controlling global inform... by 49531 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:48PM (#24410198)
On a similar note, as a US citizen I am more concerned with what data the US Government or US companies have on me than anything the CCP might have on me.

This might be naive but it seems like we have a much bigger privacy problem in the US.

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Re:TikTok and WeChat: Curating and controlling global inform... by themacguffinman on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:36PM (#24411417)
I think it is naive. What's at stake here isn't the Chinese version of the CIA/NSA/FBI blackmailing you with collected info, it's China extending its censorship into US communication platforms. Dissenting speech against the CCP's interests will curiously disappear while pro-CCP propaganda is amplified. China would have control over discussion of its regime even in the US.
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