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China is planning for long term survival, USA is planning for short term profits. Yes, China has problems.
6·3 months agoEh, it is visible here. If people are curious about the information in this post, they will see it.
7·3 months agoChina out here planning to exist for another century while the USA actively crumbles because 5 billionaires want to become trillionaires.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/business/trillionaire-net-worth-oxfam-report/index.html
Edit: DISCLAIMER: I do not believe China is the most ethical place in the world. I do believe America is not investing enough in it’s infastructure and people.
4·3 months agoWouldn’t want to impede far right progress!
17·3 months agoI would imagine this is them putting political pressure on Trump to uphold his campaign promise. The uniformed will open the app, see that message, and know where to direct their attention.
Based on the hanging golden fleece, I believe the dragon on the left is from this story: https://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_jason.html
The dragon on the right seems to be from your dreams.
I am allergic to getting whacked. It hurts every time.
“Come on man, just give us an ID linked to your IP address! We won’t use it for anything, I swear! We will also make sure it is kept in the most secure servers!”
“Don’t worry, the government has safeguards against fascism.”
This article from 2024 gives a pretty good rundown as to why using this reasoning to ban Tiktok will set a very bad precedent:
If the govt cared about your data privacy, they would create data collection regulations that they could then use to ban tiktok if/when they violate them.
Disclaimer: I am not saying Tiktok is a great app with zero issues. This is a concern about causing long term problems by using a short term easy solution.
Biden SLAMS Meta!
Gives a new meaning to a Swiss knife.
Please read the article. Is it possible tiktok can/is being used for nefarious purposes? Yes. Is this specific argument, which will set a precedent to be used in future court cases, the way to go about banning the platform? No.
I am seeing a lot of “Good riddance, tiktok bad cause brainrot.” on other tiktok ban posts, so I’ll put this here:
This article from 2024 gives a pretty good rundown as to why using this reasoning to ban Tiktok will set a very bad precedent:
If the govt cared about your data privacy, they would create data collection regulations that they could then use to ban tiktok if/when they violate them.
“We have to keep trying!” ~Elon to Trump
Article from 2024 which presents why a flat ban of tiktok is an issue.
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