China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, staffers say

Re:China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, sta... by ngcc_hk on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @09:05PM (#40071926)

But have WhatsApp, Facebook … in china. They have effectively ban. Why we have a chinese firm in USA freely influence politics and even doa bit late push to congressman about themselves.

As old chinese would say … be careful of what you do to other, or else they will do it to you.

And when we have love Soviet Union to do …

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Re:China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, sta... by SuperNinKenDo on Thursday April 18, 2024 @04:17AM (#40074069)

Of course, that is a fair criticism. However the American government has repeatedly made representations on behalf of American companies and even negotiated entire trade deals with provisions for specific American companies effectively embedded. So it's important to keep that in mind is all I'm saying.

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Re:China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, sta... by gklitz on Friday April 19, 2024 @02:31AM (#40083977)

The “But China is evil”-narrative is silly. Facebook isn’t banned in China, they just have to comply with the law in the land, just like TikTok is doing in the US. China has not forced through the sale of Facebook to a Chinese owner. There are competing services that are more popular in China. There are also competing services to TikTok in the US, Reels and such, they just aren’t more popular.

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