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U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by jameslk »

immibis wrote: post #748
jameslk wrote: post #732

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it not problematic that the government is bringing up specific things they’d like censored?

As long as it stays to the level of "Hey, doesn't this violate your rules?" I think the government has the same right to press the report button, or even to write an email equivalent to pressing report a bunch of times, as anyone else does. I'm not aware that a Democrat government arrested anyone for not complying with these emails.

Are you suggesting it's okay for the government to push for censoring specific content only when it also happens to break the rules of a site?

How is the flag button equivalent to the White House writing emails to Twitter and Meta? It seems the latter would have a lot more priority than my personal measly attempts at pressing the flag button on something I didn't like

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by vFunct »

otterley wrote: post #723
vFunct wrote: post #693

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Boy, that is a long logical leap. Not only is it insulting and wrong, but it's also defamatory and could get you in serious legal trouble.

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. I could sue you for Islamophobia, because you agreed with the existence of the state of Israel.

Now what?

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Post by cwmoore »

Yeul wrote: post #657
Pxtl wrote: post #565

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> Oracle... Horowitz tl;dr: the entire US media is now controlled by men who've bent the knee to Trump and have demonstrated that theyre willing to take an activist editorial role.

I was really disappointed by this. Do Americans have no dignity or ego? Are they so conditioned to fall in line with a leader?

Keeping their heads down, to keep their heads?

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by otterley »

vFunct wrote: post #753
otterley wrote: post #723

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boy, that is a long logical leap. Not only is it insulting and wrong, but it's also defamatory and could get you in serious legal trouble.

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. I could sue you for Islamophobia, because you agreed with the existence of the state of Israel. Now what?

> I could sue you for Islamophobia

What would be the theory of your case? As an attorney, I'm very interested in how you think such a suit would proceed.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by zamadatix »

immibis wrote: post #747
zamadatix wrote: post #714

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The Biden administration started this whole TikTok thing in the first place, you just liked the platform at the time and are now getting bit in the ass when the group in power has changed. I'm not interested in which side is supposed to be worse than the other so someone can feel better about the speech they are okay with suppressing, I'm interested in free speech all the time. The Kimmel thing is indeed a stupid and…

In addition to what people already said, Biden isn't left-wing.

I'd tend to agree (I voted Jill Stein) but in context of U.S. politics he's usually considered as such (at least as center left, not center right or even center), albeit less so than some other figures.

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Post by vFunct »

otterley wrote: post #755
vFunct wrote: post #753

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. I could sue you for Islamophobia, because you agreed with the existence of the state of Israel. Now what?

> I could sue you for Islamophobia What would be the theory of your case? As an attorney, I'm very interested in how you think such a suit would proceed.

Your support for the continued existence of the state of Israel is plenty cause to sue. You really should be careful as you now have even larger legal exposure given the UN has concluded Israel is committing genocide.

Bad things happen to people that continue to support genocidal regimes, legally speaking.

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Post by otterley »

vFunct wrote: post #757
otterley wrote: post #755

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I could sue you for Islamophobia What would be the theory of your case? As an attorney, I'm very interested in how you think such a suit would proceed.

Your support for the continued existence of the state of Israel is plenty cause to sue. You really should be careful as you now have even larger legal exposure given the UN has concluded Israel is committing genocide. Bad things happen to people that continue to support genocidal regimes, legally speaking.

This conversation is over, as you simply don't know what you're talking about. I would strongly advise you to seek counsel when it comes to legal matters.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by frollogaston »

clemailacct1 wrote: post #573
ElijahLynn wrote: post #350

Is this a coup by conservative government to gain control of this social network to promote it's ideologies? first Twitter, now Tiktok, both controlled by conservative interests?

Sounds like you preferred it when it was controlled by liberal interests.

Next time Dems win elections (if that's ever), it will be. Politicians on both sides are happy about this.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by thatfrenchguy »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #740
thatfrenchguy wrote: post #474

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Look at the past 15 years in the US vs the past 15 years in China, it’s fairly obvious

Are you taking into account the obvious currency manipulation over the same time by the Chinese?

No, the difference in standard of living internally, especially the growth in standard of living
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