JackbyDev comments on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hence them saying it's braindead to say otherwise.

What would be interesting to see is if other countries ban Facebook because it's a "national security risk" lol.

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[–] maplebar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

From China's perspective, Facebook probably IS a "national security risk", which is why it is already banned over there.

For American to do business and sell products in China, they almost always have to go through a Chinese company. I'm sure that's part capitalism and part accountability theater, but it's just a fact. So why is it such an outrage for America to ask TikTok to do the same?

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

Because the end result of this line of thinking is every country having siloed social media and not being able to communicate.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

Throw in that Tik Tok is banned in China, so it won't be a national security risk for them to sell it, just profit and then have to invest that money into other forms

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

Google is even banned in China. Most Western social media and tech platforms are banned there, and have been for decades.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago

You mean like how the entire western internet is banned in China?

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