Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill
by Aunche on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:02AM
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I honestly don't see a reason for the US not ban TikTok for arbitrary bullshit reasons, simply because China does the same sort of bullshit for American internet companies. Foreign websites often get mysteriously throttled, which encourages people to use their domestic alternatives. The iTunes store was banned, despite following all their censorship rules. They even hacked Google.
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I, on the other hand, don't see a reason to ban TikTok. Just because China does something doesn't mean the US has to do the same thing.
Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill
by panda_2134 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @11:50AM
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Chinese here. While I can confirm a lot of these sites are banned for whatever reasons, iTunes is not. Check it yourself with https://ping.pe .
Sorry. I meant iTunes Books and iTunes Movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_the_iTunes_Store
I don't think "china does it" is a good reason for the US to do it. There are lots of things China does that we don't want to.
I'm not advocating censorship for censorship sake. The problem I have is with asymmetric rules regarding commerce. If China wants to have free access to US dollars, they need to allow us to have equally free access to their RMB.