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jupiterkansas t1_j8qivcf wrote

Reply to comment by wart365 in House Republicans subpoena Apple, Facebook and Google over content moderation by bhodrolok

Meanwhile, foreign-based social media sites will be free and will thrive and won't be subject to U.S. laws.

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wart365 t1_j8qsjdm wrote

Presuming Americans even want to watch foreign media. Tik-Tok aside, if all right wing voices are hosted on truth.rus can those people truly call themselves right wing? I'm certain there is a class of Americans that would willingly swallow literal Russian propaganda but those people are a minority, and a very small minority on the right. The American right will die if such an arrangement is made, because Americans won't accept Russia Today into their lives for the same reasons they won't accept China Daily. And similarly, if Russia becomes a major political participant the government can and will blacklist all Russian websites categorically by classifying them as publishers and declaring it to be misinformation.

Likewise, imagine the memes of Trump posting from wall.mx or drill.no or americafirst.il. I think most countries would just ban him and not deal with the consequences of hosting a guy who tried to kill the vice president.

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jeekiii t1_j90zh9e wrote

Honestly if this comes to pass I wouldn't be surprised if major corps split into us/rest of the world divisions.

Americans will use vpn to see the eu version until that's banned too

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DanielPhermous t1_j8qkdxd wrote

If they want to operate in the US, they have to obey US laws.

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Mshell t1_j8qp5m7 wrote

There is a fun little thing called a VPN...

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DanielPhermous t1_j8qppi3 wrote

What has that got to do with anything? JupiterKansas was saying foreign social media sites aren't subject to US laws. A VPN doesn't help there.

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Mshell t1_j8qqexs wrote

By having a VPN you can access sites that are blocked in your area...

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DanielPhermous t1_j8qqiw3 wrote

We're not talking about users accessing anything. We're talking about foreign social media operating in the US.

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aneeta96 t1_j8sx9zb wrote

I can hear the wooshing sound from here.

You said -

> If they want to operate in the US, they have to obey US laws.

If they are not allowed in the US then a VPN that is based in Europe will allow you to view them.

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DanielPhermous t1_j8u05l6 wrote

They are allowed in the US. They want to be in the US. There are 320 million potential customers, most of whom have no idea what a VPN is in the US. You don’t just ignore the worlds third largest and richest country.

It whooshed because it’s an argument that makes little sense in this context. Relying on VPNs is a terrible business decision here.

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