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I agree data brokering of any kind should be completely illegal. I don't think tiktok is only being banned because of china though. I just think it's a bonus compared to bytedance legitimately being a malicious data-harvesting nightmare that also happens to own one of the most mentally damaging social networks of the decade



But Meta/Google isn't?


Is Meta and Google even allowed in Communist China?

Why would we reciprocate on a Communist plot against our children?


Red scare all over again


Lets ignore the red scare comments.

Would China allow an American social media company to capture 75% of their children?


China is not the US.

If the point of fighting our enemies is to become our enemy, then why bother fighting?

How do you think countries like Iran, North Korea, etc justify censorship of western content? That exact line is used.


Never said anything of the sort.




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