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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @07:00PM (#35076486)
You have to realize the difference between state controlled and state approved. Maybe you don't think there is a difference?

We don't have a "Let's kill the president app" because it is illegal. It's not approved to exist. Does that mean all the apps we have left are state controlled apps?

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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by mrtksn on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @11:50PM (#35078415)
I'm all in for banning illegal apps. What's illegal about TikTok?

What I say is that define what is illegal and what are the requirements to legally operate a service to address your concerns. That's regulation and means open and free market with safety.

Believing that an App can be misused by your adversaries or its against your interests and banning it is not free market. That's Chinese way of governing. Don't be China, Chinese government is not good.

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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:28AM (#35083053)
What's illegal about anything? If you think there's some sort of legal essentialism in objects and actions, then we're coming at this from very different places. Legal realism is, how to put this, naive.
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