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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by dauertewigkeit on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:06AM (#39692135)
Should the Iranians and the Chinese think in the same manner? Isn't this largely a question of how much you trust the official narrative of the local elites?
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:09AM (#39692174)
> Should the Iranians and the Chinese think in the same manner?

Yes, and they do.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by LordKeren on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:23AM (#39692406)
China has banned YouTube, twitch, wordpress, medium, etc.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:37AM (#39692652)
> China has banned YouTube, twitch, wordpress, medium, etc.

Also TikTok! ByteDance operates a separate app in China [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok#Douyin

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by xeromal on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:53PM (#39694006)
Isn't it an education app in China?
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