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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by margalabargala on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:14PM (#42759721)
I don't see the downside to Americans as a result of this. Meanwhile, China lost a valuable propaganda tool.

Or, would have. It's all a moot point now that the appeal to Trump's ego worked.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by mardifoufs on Sunday January 19, 2025 @02:55PM (#42761073)
The downside is mostly in terms of PR. But I agree that Americans and American media would still probably call any foreign ban on Facebook or youtube "censorship". Or would say that Chinese style bans on foreign social media is wrong - except when they do it. So I guess I agree, there's no big downside for Americans.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by wonnage on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:16PM (#42759749)
You sound like someone who doesn't use TikTok and therefore isn't affected by this anyway. So your opinion doesn't matter
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by gordinator_g on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:46PM (#42774023)
Extrapolating your logic, I am not currently in a war-zone therefore my opinions on war don't matter. I'm not a politician so I shouldn't have political opinions.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by LtWorf on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:51PM (#42773486)
They are just shifting to one propaganda tool (tiktok) to another (fb). For the american citizen nothing changes.
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