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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by vbezhenar on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:12PM (#24520770)
Imagine that Russia bans Facebook because of those reasons. Do you think that would be a good move?
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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by mdorazio on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:45PM (#24521126)
Considering that China already did ban Facebook along with quite a few other US-originated apps, I'm not sure what your point is here.
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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by kelnos on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:51PM (#24521189)
Doesn't Russia have VK, and isn't it the most popular site in Russia? FB is certainly popular in Russia, but it's not like people there wouldn't have another place to go if FB were banned.
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Re:US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns by failuser on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:18PM (#24522422)
The sort of people that use Facebook in Russia know their way around a ban.
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