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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by kranke155 on Friday May 19, 2023 @08:55AM (#36001351)
So? We should allow one and not the other?

What about this false equivalency between China and the US? Even in a worse case scenario, data being taken by US intelligence is given SOME form of oversight. If you believe the US and China are similarly free, I invite you to tell me if you feel like you’re as free in New York City and San Francisco as Shanghai or Shenzen.

If you don’t think living in those two locations is equivalent, then why do you argue the data collection is the same.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by throw3847484 on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:31AM (#36003131)
If you're talking about freedom of speech, then obviously the US is more free (except for Montana now apparently).

If you're talking about safety, I can walk around Shanghai or Shenzhen at 3AM and not worry about being mugged.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by kranke155 on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:39AM (#36003204)
Ignores completely my point. created 11 minutes ago. Hello botfarm?
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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by Jochim on Friday May 19, 2023 @03:43PM (#36006003)
Internationally, the US has burned, bombed, tortured, and assassinated the idea of equivalency out of existence.

If the problem is the behaviour of social media companies in general, legislate against that. Take note that it's not the conversation that's being had and that the people steering it have made their agenda, and ignorance, rather clear.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by dontlaugh on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:51AM (#36011511)
China didn’t coup my country or bomb neighbouring ones or invade a bunch further away.

You’re right that there isn’t an equivalence though, the US is far worse.

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