Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
by krageon on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:02AM
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We can't have rules that aren't governed by nationality, because the US basically only sees nationality. TikTok is called "an issue" not because of what it does, why it does it or how it does it. It is called that because of who is doing it. As such, we can expect all this racism couched in careful political language to continue and keep continuing.
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Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
by LightHugger on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:16AM
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This is rather specifically not racism. You are allowed to have opinions about a country that has to do with it's government and the way it operates, without being racist. How do you or anyone else benefit from trying to connect this to racism?
Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
by sgu999 on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:20AM
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Not everything is rooted in racism... If Bytedance was a company from any of the Asian allies to the US, it would likely not be much of an issue.
Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
by cscurmudgeon on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:11AM
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Why is this racism?
Is this racism because China is mostly made up of one race? Then, we should ask why that is the case. (E.g. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/30/chinese-communist-party...)
> because the US basically only sees nationality
Is China more generous here?
It is funny that any valid criticism of China is fought with claims of racism.
Re:The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
by SuoDuanDao on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:44AM
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I was with you till the r-bomb. Racism may be one consequence of US-China relations, but the proper r-word for the US celebrating Meta's data harvesting while condemning TikTok's is realpolitik.