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wwarnout t1_jae6pxa wrote
Says the country with a completely free and open policy on all media content - NOT
No-Assignment7129 t1_jae8p9v wrote
If China making fun of US over the app then US should definitely ban it. Don't act like Marty when called chicken and fall into bully trap.
pic-of-the-litter t1_jaeb694 wrote
Ah yes, "we'll prove we're more free by BANNING stuff", clearly you thought this through.
burrito-disciple t1_jaf1xq0 wrote
Don't they ban huge swaths of the internet out of fear?
mindlessgonzo2 t1_jae6i54 wrote
I rather have my data exploited for financial gain by an American company.
jayfeather31 t1_jae7j93 wrote
Funnily enough, trying to exploit the culture war as a wedge is exactly what I'd do as China in this situation.
QuestionableAI t1_jae888k wrote
Dear China,
Meh.
Signed,
All of us
fgk55555 t1_jaep6fr wrote
- Sent from across the great firewall
sunny_yay t1_jaewrwf wrote
Damn, China trying to act tough but let’s see if they’re big enough to ask their citizens for honest feedback.
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_jaeedqv wrote
Because it fries their brain and they don't turn into adults!
bstowers t1_jaezgcd wrote
Yo, China, get down off the big ol' firewall before you fall and get hurt.
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karnyboy t1_jaf2lwr wrote
dafuq does a political person need tiktok for anyway, ban it.
If it didn't matter...why ask? Ffs China.
ChuckFeathers t1_jae8b99 wrote
Because most US adults are extremely immature..
defaultusername-17 t1_jaeyc83 wrote
has nothing to do with immaturity.
it has everything to do with not allowing programs with known backdoors onto government devices.
you want to watch tiktok on your personal iphone? knock yourself out. you want to take that iphone anywhere near a SCIF? GTFO.
pretty simple really.
LBIdockrat t1_jae8dz3 wrote
In America we send F-35s after amateur weather balloons.
Do not test us on this.
hypatiatextprotocol t1_jae9j8z wrote
Spending millions of dollars to pop a wealther balloon isn't the flex you think it is.
GrowinStuffAndThings t1_jaele2p wrote
Eh, it's good training at least
LBIdockrat t1_jaeaw83 wrote
Bahahahaha. Thats the point. I don't think its a flex at all.
pic-of-the-litter t1_jaebl14 wrote
It's because TikTok is being used to educate and organize progressive and anti-establishment movements, proliferate news and ideologies that are a threat to US business interests, and expose corruption and malice within the US/western Hegemony. The kids are thinking too much, gotta ban the clock app!
defaultusername-17 t1_jaeyqml wrote
literally only applies to government devices.
you're free to have it on your iphone if you want. this is about preventing a program with known backdoors onto devices that aught to be kept secure.
pretty ridiculous that this is even controversial considering that china does the exact same thing (and so much more) in regards to US based apps (like they're trying to threaten twitter with atm).
pic-of-the-litter t1_jaf41m8 wrote
They've also been considering a nationwide ban, but decided to just start with Gov't devices. The more you can say "evil bad china is spying on us" the more dipshits you can hoodwink into banning it universally. Regardless of how US based social media sites also spy upon us, sell our data, and cooperate with law enforcement to harass leftist movements and organizers.
Rkenne16 t1_jae58os wrote
Data tracking I assume brosive lol