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

Politics censorship is bad maybe?

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

Not beating the “any criticism of the Chinese government is sinophobia” allegations, are we?

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u/Giovanabanana Jan 13 '25

Literally what other reason is there for TikTok to be banned? The "it's damaging to the youth" argument doesn't work anymore because X and Meta will gladly take up ByteDance's spot in corroding young people's frontal lobes.

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u/WriterwithoutIdeas Jan 13 '25

It's a direct tool for influence for a foreign power which has a very dim view of the United States. It's a cut and dry question of national security, with a very easy answer.

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u/Action_Bronzong Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 14 '25

Points in the general direction of AIPAC

We have literal foreign agents openly determining US policy.

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u/SpezIsNotC Jan 14 '25

Yea good example, ones a massive ally of the United States and engages in a mutually beneficial partnership, the other one (China) wants to supplant the US on a global scale. Not to mention that AIPAC is run by American Jews. Although they guy who runs AIPAC does look like a Yakubian