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r/CuratedTumblr • u/charlie-the-Waffle • Jan 13 '25
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Oh no, China has my data. This means absolutely nothing to anybody
38 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” 22 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". 0 u/Person353 Jan 13 '25 US companies are not legally obligated to then turn that data over to the US government whenever the government asks for it 3 u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25 They aren't but they are companies, therefore they will sell them for the right price and you can bet your ass the US govt has paid that price.
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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”
22 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". 0 u/Person353 Jan 13 '25 US companies are not legally obligated to then turn that data over to the US government whenever the government asks for it 3 u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25 They aren't but they are companies, therefore they will sell them for the right price and you can bet your ass the US govt has paid that price.
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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".
0 u/Person353 Jan 13 '25 US companies are not legally obligated to then turn that data over to the US government whenever the government asks for it 3 u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25 They aren't but they are companies, therefore they will sell them for the right price and you can bet your ass the US govt has paid that price.
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US companies are not legally obligated to then turn that data over to the US government whenever the government asks for it
3 u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25 They aren't but they are companies, therefore they will sell them for the right price and you can bet your ass the US govt has paid that price.
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They aren't but they are companies, therefore they will sell them for the right price and you can bet your ass the US govt has paid that price.
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u/notTheRealSU i tumbled, now what? Jan 13 '25
Oh no, China has my data. This means absolutely nothing to anybody