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House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 9 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.

US officials have cited the widespread commercial availability of US citizens’ data as another source of national security risk. The US government and other domestic law enforcement agencies are also known to have purchased US citizens’ data from commercial data brokers.

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[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

To a degree, yes. But nowhere near the same context or scale.

In democratic countries people have the ability to choose their opinions and voice them loudly. This allows many different groups to hold different viewpoints and then express them to other people. And yes social media has been used as propaganda platforms by those groups. Yet none of those groups have full unilateral control of a country under dictator-like rule.

The difference is that the CCP is a single party government. Xi Jinping has recently abolished term limits, effectively making himself a defacto dictator. The I-Soon leaks also demonstrate that the CCP is actively trying to disrupt society in other countries (not just the US). They have secret police stations in places like Canada, UK, and US where they monitor and track Chinese people and even intimidate them if they do or say anything the CCP doesn't like.

Then there's the constant attacks on military and fishing ships from countries like the Phillipines and Vietnam. The constant threats of annihilation of Taiwan. Etc etc.

You cannot equate the two.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

tiktok and Facebook use in the US have nothing to do with anything you are rambling about.

Facebook manufactures consent for the military industrial complex and capitalist interests and since it is not overtly controlled by Lockheed or the Pentagon, it's propaganda is more sinister. at least you know who pulls the strings at tiktok

[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You sound like a Wumao

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