The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet

Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:52PM (#35349221)

Not just Chinese expats, you could totally switch your citizenship to Swedish and still get abducted by the Chinese government in Thailand.

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by Jochim on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:17AM (#35355043)

Glass houses:

> The administration of President George W. Bush abducted hundreds of "illegal combatants" for U.S. detention, and transported detainees to U.S.-controlled sites as part of an extensive interrogation program that included torture.

> Extraordinary rendition continued under the Obama administration, with targets being interrogated and subsequently taken to the U.S. for trial.

> A June 2006 report estimated that one hundred people had been kidnapped by the CIA on European Union soil

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by mikrotikker on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:18AM (#35385319)

Yes that is also bad. You want a cookie?

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