US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns
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Re: US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns
#2US Government just provided another case study in why we need to be able to side load apps.
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Who ? Thiel ?
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Yea but if the citizens of the US don't like it they can call on their representatives to introduce a bill limiting that power or whatnot. The president also theoretically has the power to just unilaterally start a war or even drop a nuclear bomb on another country. But this isn't a Trump issue, we've increasingly turned to look at the president as the government instead of elected representatives.
In an ideal scenario, you'd know who your state senators are, and your district representative, and when it comes to matters of federal government you go straight to them and then they vote on your behalf.
This of course means even more importantly you should know your state representatives, mayor, etc. and be active in the politics of your own community.
But instead we're lazy so we just want the president to be a dictator instead of safeguarding our republic.
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#6It seems like WeChat access is pretty hard to get in the US currently if you don't know anyone that uses it. I registered an account to try and get support for my Ender 3D printer(nightmare). After a few fields the app asked me to have my sponsor enter my number and I wasn't able to progress further so I uninstalled.
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> President who was elected in a large part because of a Facebook board member.
This is super naive thinking that ignores real huge issues in USA around inequality.
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#8I’m genuinely curious what the perceived threat is here. Is it as simple as “China is going to read everyone’s stuff and use machine learning to figure out what the cool kids are doing and then brainwash them?”
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#9I’m genuinely curious what the perceived threat is here. Is it as simple as “China is going to read everyone’s stuff and use machine learning to figure out what the cool kids are doing and then brainwash them?”
TikTok kids are mean to Trump.
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