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This is implicitly an argument that Tik Tok should be banned.
Ya, but when America is in control it’s okay. /s
Sure, but they at least pretend to care. When Google steals my data, they pretend to not have it. When China has my data, literally anybody can have my data.
Xenophobia (from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) ‘strange, foreign, alien’, and φόβος (phóbos) ‘fear’) is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange.
The same fearmongering would’ve happened to American social media apps if it wasn’t for that sweet sweet data the US government is able to get.
Their politicians are geriatric boomers. Biden can barely make sense on his phrases when he speaks. Just let the USA implode
God I was hoping the Tankys wouldn’t run here full speed after reddit shut down, but looks like that ship already sailed.
You should probably check your shit before replying - Lemmy was created and has been maintained by VERY left leaning people.
ooh I get to block another tanky
Are you a child? Because that’s what I’d expect of someone who calls anyone a “tanky” for getting their bullshit pointed out.
Certainly hope you’re not getting the impression that I’m speaking in favor of China. I’m more in favor of equal outrage over invasions of privacy from all parties, foreign and domestic.
Whataboutism is a classic way to invalidate an argument without having to disagree with it directly. You’re engaging in that purposefully or not. If you really agree that both are bad why would people shitting on TikTok upset you at all?
This just in, American realises no one outside of America actually likes America!
You think you’re all that and a bag of chips, but quite frankly the rest of the world is laughing at you and doesn’t want anything to do with you.
When you’re faced with that, you call everyone a “tankie”. Almost like people can hate both America and China. Both countries are dog shit.
Here, take my Lemmy gold kind stranger 🪙
That’s a vast generalization as well. I’ve met plenty of people outside the US that like it
Shit, even some Amerikan subjects-of-empire don’t like Amerika.
So many people here who don’t understand why people are able to criticize more than one country be like:
A: “Tell me the difference between these pictures:” || xor
B: “They are the same”
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To be fair, they haven’t exactly stepped in where the activities of Chinese applications are concerned. They just keep threatening to do so.
See Montana
Privacy rights are only a suggestion nowadays. It’s pretty sad.
It’s like picking on a younger sibling.
It’s okay when you, the older sibling, do it. But when a stranger does it, you kick their ass.
Now do American politicians when an elementary school is attacked by a gunman.
There’d be nothing for the top box.
When a trans person is on a beer can:
When an elementary school is shot up for the 5th time this week by a gunman:
Do other people who defend China even use or like TikTok? I sure don’t, I have never used TikTok as an argument for China.
Stay for the anime, cum for the hentai.
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I’ll tell you a secret you might have missed.
It’s not about the privacy.
It’s about a foreign country of similar power levels having the ability to shape your people’s political opinions.
They’re shitting themselves because it’s one of the first times it’s happened to them instead of them doing it to someone else.
I feel like the American media is out of control and is no longer a tool of the people, but a fire hose of the wealthy, disseminating whatever will help them keep their power.
They have convinced the people that news makes you intelligent, when really the lack of new ideas and differing viewpoints creates a closed feedback loop so they just regurgitate whatever they hear with absolute confidence, but if you ask them a question it all falls apart.
Fox, CNN, New York Times, NPR, it’s all owned or supported in such a way that they dare not bite the hand that feeds it.
So I, for one, am open to hearing what foreign countries have to say.
No matter what your source of information is, you always have to be mindful and take information in context, and be sure to validate unproven claims. There’s a thousand interests competing for your attention and loyalty, and a lot of it is driven through fear and uncertainty.
Any fearmongering about China makes me uncomfortable, as it should every rational thinking person. Just like fearmongering against everyone should be viewed with suspicion.
Be careful out there, everyone. It’s a wild jungle.
It’s about a foreign country of similar power levels having the ability to shape your people’s political opinions.
I think it’s more about the US empire losing its ability to control some people.
Nah. They haven’t lost shit.
They’re just bricking it over turnabout being FairPlay for once.
new user freshly connected to internet, would you rather:
-waste your precious time and attention on hypercapitalist hellscape headquartered in usa, or
-waste your precious time and attention on hypercapitalist hellscape headquartered in china
Is wasting my precious time and attention on an anticapitalist hellscape headquartered on distributed servers around the world an option?
as long as it lasts
Why not spend your time on a Japanese platform? We got anime ~
Japanese sites have web ui designs that are pretty bad. Argue way worse than having to use the official reddit app ad wise.
I would pick whatever entertains me the most.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
