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Re: Why we are suing the Administration

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https://twitter.com/ding_gang/status/1300402435639463936 America, wake up

Well, this being a China's company. It would be an error not to anticipate something like that from it.

They are so predictable.

I have a problem expressing this in English, but the idea is "If you make it easy, and risk free for them to blow up your bridges, they will definitely do it."

Xi can only do to Americans, as much as Americans allow him to do.

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

#12
post #7

Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens? Banning one player isn't going to help much in the long run I would think. Edit: I am an EU citizen if it matters.

They would need to explain how TicTok brainwashes americans to vote(or not vote) but Facebook and Twitter categorically does not do the same thing. If "brainwashing" on social media exists then all should be made illegal not only the a small subset.

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

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post #7

Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens? Banning one player isn't going to help much in the long run I would think. Edit: I am an EU citizen if it matters.

Maybe because protecting the privacy of the citizens is not the actual goal.

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

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post #7

Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens? Banning one player isn't going to help much in the long run I would think. Edit: I am an EU citizen if it matters.

Because the subtext is, "It is OK for companies to invade the privacy of US citizens, so long the companies' own countries is also on the US side as well".

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

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post #7

Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens? Banning one player isn't going to help much in the long run I would think. Edit: I am an EU citizen if it matters.

I guess they're trying with threatening one app in particular and see if the other will backtrack in fear, and putting a new law into place most likely takes time and they wanted to move fast.

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

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post #7

Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens? Banning one player isn't going to help much in the long run I would think. Edit: I am an EU citizen if it matters.

> Why is the US always focusing on individual companies instead of working on laws to protect them from all companies invading the privacy of their citizens?

Simple: regulating all businesses even closely to European standards would impact many big corporations that are, coincidentally or not, big donors to both political parties.

Only going after "politically suitable" companies (in the case of the Republicans, TikTok + anything connected to Jeff Bezos, Big Tech for Democrats) is way more effective for the parties.

Re: Why we are suing the Administration

#18

I don't think enough people care TikTok. You are going the errands of the CCP and expect people to feel sympathy with you? I won't feel any sympathy. I think the west should stop doing business with china as long as they keep putting pressure. By doing business with dictatorships, we only ensure their future economic power which is what matters in this world. I am an EU citizen and wish that the EU and the US should…

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