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Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill by Aunche on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:02AM (#32331130)
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.
Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill by lghh on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:13AM (#32331254)
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 (#32333345)
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 .
Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill by Aunche on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @11:58AM (#32333439)
Sorry. I meant iTunes Books and iTunes Movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_the_iTunes_Store

Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill by yibg on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @01:47PM (#32334796)
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.
Re:TikTok’s Poison Pill by Aunche on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @02:23PM (#32335183)
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.