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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by aprilthird2021 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:00AM (#42073553)
Which has nothing to do with censorship on social media. Censorship is okay if it matches what people want to see? Sounds like China justifications...
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by lazystar on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:52AM (#42073806)
some amount of censorship is unavoidable. when nation state A is in control of the censorship, and designs that censorship to intentionally hurt nation state B, then nation state B has every right to ban the platform that nation state A is using to push it's agenda.
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by logicchains on Thursday November 07, 2024 @01:14AM (#42073921)
What matters is the people of the nation state, and censorship by their own government depriving them of information is absolutely hurting them. Government only censors people when uncensored information would cause their interests to conflict with those of the people in power.
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by corimaith on Thursday November 07, 2024 @04:23AM (#42075084)
No information is being deprived, you can read up all you want in more detail than in TikTok. Rather it's the argument to lazily consume 2 minute bites as a replacement for in-depth study.
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by ImPostingOnHN on Thursday November 07, 2024 @08:26AM (#42076450)
> No information is being deprived

It seems censorship is indeed being conducted, as described here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42072050

Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by lazystar on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:20AM (#42077393)
youre ignoring my point to such a degree that it seems intentional. ill have to assume that you either work for a nation state, or you have a third grade education level.
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by ImPostingOnHN on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:31AM (#42077493)
I actually replied to someone else, not you. I'm not aware of any point you have because I haven't read anything you've posted. Given your attitude here, it seems like that's for the best. Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else, too?
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by lazystar on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:24PM (#42083805)
sorry, its been a long couple of days. my apologies
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by boffinAudio on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:42AM (#42075806)
Censorship is fascism. If you want bad ideas to die, let them be examined and discussion to proceed. When you censor ideas you don't like, you give them a safe environment to foster.
Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by aprilthird2021 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @01:28PM (#42079376)
No it doesn't. When the citizens of nation state B have the right to freedom of speech and freedom to consume foreign-controlled media, then nation state B does not have the rights you outlined over its people.