• cygnus
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    11 hours ago

    It is mutually exclusive when Elon owns Trump and Zuck is bending over as far as possible for him.

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      11 hours ago

      That’s irrelevant to the fact that half the population is using a propaganda machine controlled by a foreign enemy’s government. If Russia had a social media platform, banning it would be appropriate too.

      I also think that Meta and Twitter should be banned, but that’s a different conversation.

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        11 hours ago

        I also think that Meta and Twitter should be banned, but that’s a different conversation.

        Why is it a different conversation, though? I’d argue that Twitter is no less controlled by Russia than TikTok is controlled by China.

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            10 hours ago

            Douyin is a public company, whereas X is not.

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          10 hours ago

          Twitter still falls under US law, TikTok doesn’t and there’s no way to make it, that’s the problem.

          China is actively helping Russia in Ukraine, it is using backdoors in their technology to hack our infrastructure, was caught with spying, actively prepares to invade Taiwan which of happens will set up our technology backwards as we won’t be able to produce latest chips, and you’re questioning why US is blocking an app that already has direct influence over 17 million Americans?

          China isn’t our friend, it doesn’t do what a friendly nation would normally do.