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Re:India's TikTok Ban Is a Cautionary Tale for the U.S. by perihelions on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:02AM (#39798490)
That is the standard argument for totalitarianism: safety and stability of society, at the expense of freedom. The US is doing something different.
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Re:India's TikTok Ban Is a Cautionary Tale for the U.S. by RandomLensman on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:07AM (#39798510)
Did the USSR have radio and TV stations in the US during the cold war? During WWII the US had a censorship operation - was that totalitarian?
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Re:India's TikTok Ban Is a Cautionary Tale for the U.S. by defrost on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:32AM (#39798603)
Interestingly, this very question was asked and addressed here on HN 32 days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428141

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Re:India's TikTok Ban Is a Cautionary Tale for the U.S. by RandomLensman on Saturday March 23, 2024 @05:34AM (#39798610)
Yes, by me - thank you for looping that discussion back in.

It was meant to be rhetorical now - as the USSR did not have TV or radio stations in the US (but, yes, you could get USSR newspapers). Differentiating between different "attack vectors" isn't new.

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