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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by chinathrow on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:53AM (#35338665)
What is China aiming for? Dumbing down hundreds of millions of westerners while their own population only sees "better" content?
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by capableweb on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @07:20AM (#35338875)
Exactly the same arguments against TikTok can be made for basically any social media, "dumbing down the population". Only difference is what country's laws the company is regulated under, which hardly makes one better than the other.
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:59AM (#35338718)
Revenge for the opium wars.
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by Tade0 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @07:09AM (#35338796)
They're already having that:

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-...

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by HWR_14 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:16PM (#35344486)
I thought the opium wars were fought by the British after US independence
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