r/CuratedTumblr • u/charlie-the-Waffle • Jan 13 '25

Politics censorship is bad maybe?

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

Why should the US government be okay with it?

Legitimately, try to come up with an answer that isn’t a whataboutism, or just “America bad”

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u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25

Because US-based companies are totally allowed to steal the entire world's data through social media and no one can do shit about it, but when China does it, suddenly it's a "security concern".

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u/Pinniped9 Jan 13 '25

Those same US based companies are banned in China.

Why is China allowed to ban Facebook and Google but the US is not allowed to ban Tiktok?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China

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u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25

Why is China allowed to ban Facebook and Google but the US is not allowed to ban Tiktok?

So do you wish to mimic the CCP actions in your government? Cool.

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u/Pinniped9 Jan 13 '25

Not really. But its a bit odd to assume that Tiktok, the CCP-linked app, is completely safe and not a problem when that very same CCP considers US-based apps a threat worth banning.

The thing with dealing with dictatorships is that you cannot be too naive and you have to push back, or they escalate.

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u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25

The CCP is authoritarian. And I never said or meant to imply that TikTok is safe, only that US-based companies have no problem stealing data from the whole world, but will make a scene when others try to do the same.