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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by Calvin02 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:15PM (#35345432)
Great. Let’s copy and paste China’s rules on western social media apps and apply them to Chinese owned social media apps in the US.

I wonder how many people in the US will use TikTok if the rules require government censorship and data sharing.

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by anaganisk on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:32PM (#35345724)
That's not what they meant and probably you know that, it's more like coming up with a standard set of rules that applies for all the apps and TikTok can either choose to obey them or exit the US market. Exactly like how American companies exited China. What the government perceives as a threat for apps from other nations must also apply to home grown apps. It's not like US based apps haven't been unethical, or didn't cause a crisis.
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