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EdmondDantes_

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19. Google and the BBC are banned in China

Reply to MichMan (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 02:48 PM

12 hrs ago

Tiktok is banned in China because they greatly censor what's on it.

There are reasons to prevent foreign companies from having social media, but most of those reasons apply to our social media. China can buy most of the same data from Meta or Twitter, etc.

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SCOTUS just UNANIMOUSLY upheld the TikTok ban. [View all] live love laugh 14 hrs ago OP

Nobody's going to fuck over the American people. Autumn 14 hrs ago #1

I don't understand the tick tock ban. Why does the US think it's necessary Fullduplexxx 14 hrs ago #2

China is in a cyber war with the US pimpbot 14 hrs ago #3

All American owned platforms have done is spy on users and disseminate propaganda. live love laugh 14 hrs ago #4

Social media sucks pimpbot 14 hrs ago #5

Thanks i had no idea they had access to all that. It seems harmless Fullduplexxx 13 hrs ago #11

It is a big threat for us, USA Tickle 11 hrs ago #21

I've been predicting for years a huge banking meltdown dickthegrouch 11 hrs ago #22

TY.. And so is Mump a Cha 9 hrs ago #31

Check out their Greg_In_SF 14 hrs ago #7

They have access to everything on your phone. Everything. Calista241 14 hrs ago #8

Wow yea if that's true then wow... thanks for that Fullduplexxx 13 hrs ago #10

Because Trump had a temper tantrum about it 5 years ago. Initech 13 hrs ago #12

See that's exactly what I thought was going on Fullduplexxx 13 hrs ago #13

The right wing is the party of "give me that, it's mine". Initech 13 hrs ago #14

Their whole approach is childish of the worst type. No manners ... stealing .... fighting .... live love laugh 10 hrs ago #29

It passed the House 360-58 and the Senate 79-18 before President Biden signed it into law MichMan 10 hrs ago #24

And the decision was defended 9-0 Fullduplexxx 7 hrs ago #37

Think of Tiktok as Chinese spyware that's been designed to make people want to use it Amishman 12 hrs ago #15

do a search and read some of the extensive coverage of the issue for yourself thebigidea 12 hrs ago #16

I havent see any defense of tiktok in the replies to my question Fullduplexxx 11 hrs ago #23

national security threat implications Skittles 6 hrs ago #38

I'm going to miss my Chinese spy. He/she knew everything that Nixie 14 hrs ago #6

that just sounds so oily, like bad advertising thebigidea 12 hrs ago #17

By these standards, the internet should be banned for everyone. Nixie 10 hrs ago #26

China doesn't own the entire internet Skittles 9 hrs ago #30

Now the Chinese app RedNote is trending as the number one Nixie 9 hrs ago #32

I cannot help it if the users are fucking idiots Skittles 9 hrs ago #33

All kinds of fucking idiots are still voters. Those tens of millions Nixie 9 hrs ago #34

yeah keep making excuses Skittles 9 hrs ago #35

Zzzzzzzzzz yourself. And they are observations, not excuses. Nixie 9 hrs ago #36

TikTok is banned in China MichMan 14 hrs ago #9

nobody ever answers that thebigidea 12 hrs ago #18

Google and the BBC are banned in China EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #19

again, the argument is not about data thebigidea 11 hrs ago #20

There are a few very vocal posters on here pimpbot 10 hrs ago #28

GREAT news! beaglelover 10 hrs ago #25

Good themaguffin 10 hrs ago #27