Re:Twitter API hacked, user database being sold online
by astrange on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:46AM
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If TikTok was banned that’d be disappointing. I don’t expect it to be; the plan where Oracle bought it was better. It is a problem that China influences it.
I don’t think the EU is capable of making a popular social media site either unfortunately. They don’t have the culture.
Twitter does have blatant Chinese propaganda up, like their wolf warrior diplomats and Chen Weihua, which is another good sign for what they’re allowing elsewhere. Maybe that’s just because Chen is so incompetent it’s funny to let him post…
Re:Twitter API hacked, user database being sold online
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:50AM
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> Twitter does have blatant Chinese propaganda up
Isn’t Twitter blocked in China? Do wolf warriors not see any hypocrisy in using it?
Re:Twitter API hacked, user database being sold online
by astrange on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:44AM
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Why would they do that? It’s normal for Chinese export and domestic businesses to be completely different too - you can get all the Winnie the Pooh merch you want made there.
Not being hypocritical isn’t even a universal virtue.
Re:Twitter API hacked, user database being sold online
by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:31PM
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It’s just extolling the virtues and freedoms of China on a platform that is blocked in China doesn’t really make one look sincere.
Also I don't understand why non-US citizens should be allowed to have their speech rights crushed by the US government. Many of these people live in the US and should be free to speak -- they shouldn't be censored by the US government wearing a glove ("US Tech Organisations") but effectively calling the shots.