I’ve shown you that there is no evidence of tampering! I’ve even proven to you that China being a totalitarian regime does not = censorship on TikTok! It’s the ONLY point you actually caved on! Do you hate things just because they’re Chinese? Because your argument now is no longer a fault on merit, just on nationality. To quote an article I linked to you before: "The US government’s desire to ban TikTok instead of taking industry-wide action is a good indication that its campaign isn’t really about national security or data protection,” Marx points out, “but something much deeper: namely the preservation of American economic and geopolitical hegemony.” Your latest argument falls in with that last line.
Do you hate Chinese cars, electronics, and other consumer goods? You may argue that media is different, but I proved TikTok isn’t censored for being Chinese and there’s no evidence that it’s skewed because of China.
Congrats. You’ve found the goalpost that can’t be reached. A goalpost that no policymaker seriously demands of any of the major companies, including, I’m positive, many of the corporations creating products and services you use all the time. You gave no indication that it was your basis for condemning literally every major platform (something you only began once all other arguments were dismissed), but it’s your endpoint. For all that you say it’s completely necessary, you certainly didn’t start with it, or say it should apply to domestic companies until I pointed out the hypocrisy of demanding it from just TikTok.
This floor of “required to be open-source” we’ve hit after your different demands and assertions is why I say you give every indication of concluding something and working backwards to justify it as opposed to changing based on evidence. I am pretty sure if I could somehow satisfy this latest condition you’d find yet another reason to hold onto your original belief, and I say that based on the proof of having done so several times today.
I’ve shown you that there is no evidence of tampering! I’ve even proven to you that China being a totalitarian regime does not = censorship on TikTok! It’s the ONLY point you actually caved on! Do you hate things just because they’re Chinese? Because your argument now is no longer a fault on merit, just on nationality. To quote an article I linked to you before: "The US government’s desire to ban TikTok instead of taking industry-wide action is a good indication that its campaign isn’t really about national security or data protection,” Marx points out, “but something much deeper: namely the preservation of American economic and geopolitical hegemony.” Your latest argument falls in with that last line.
Do you hate Chinese cars, electronics, and other consumer goods? You may argue that media is different, but I proved TikTok isn’t censored for being Chinese and there’s no evidence that it’s skewed because of China.
Publish the code.
Congrats. You’ve found the goalpost that can’t be reached. A goalpost that no policymaker seriously demands of any of the major companies, including, I’m positive, many of the corporations creating products and services you use all the time. You gave no indication that it was your basis for condemning literally every major platform (something you only began once all other arguments were dismissed), but it’s your endpoint. For all that you say it’s completely necessary, you certainly didn’t start with it, or say it should apply to domestic companies until I pointed out the hypocrisy of demanding it from just TikTok.
This floor of “required to be open-source” we’ve hit after your different demands and assertions is why I say you give every indication of concluding something and working backwards to justify it as opposed to changing based on evidence. I am pretty sure if I could somehow satisfy this latest condition you’d find yet another reason to hold onto your original belief, and I say that based on the proof of having done so several times today.
All of them should have to publish the code. Let’s start with hostile nations and their “news” apps and then work our way up.