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Re:Senate Bill to Ban TikTok by brigadier132 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:12PM (#35363744)
Ok, so you gave a good reason for China to ban US companies and you haven't given a good one for why the US shouldn't ban TikTok.
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Re:Senate Bill to Ban TikTok by vetinari on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:20PM (#35363874)
China never claimed that they value freedom, (whatever you define as freedom). They value harmony instead, (whatever you define as harmony).

By US banning TikTok, US is acting against claimed values, turning out to be hypocrite. China, by banning US social media, doesn't. Might be seen unfair, but it is a dead end that US painted itself into.

For the sake of argument, _if_ we agree that banning is OK, EU should ban social media from both, and subsidize their own the same way as US subsidized theirs.

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Re:Senate Bill to Ban TikTok by brigadier132 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:31PM (#35364023)
Why do people have this delusion that empowering oppressive governments promotes freedom in any way?
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Re:Senate Bill to Ban TikTok by vetinari on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:36PM (#35364094)
It is not about "empowering oppressive government".

It is being true to what I claim that I'm, what my values are. If I start playing opportunist, how I'm better that the other guy?

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