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The Plan to Ban TikTok is Outright Xenophobia (www.currentaffairs.org)

submitted 8 months ago by OneRedFox to c/socialism

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Congress’s moves against TikTok threaten freedom of speech and are grounded in baseless anti-Chinese hysteria. That dangerous fearmongering attitude appears to be becoming bipartisan consensus.

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[–] reric88 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I really, really hate TikTok for a lot of reasons, but strongly believe they should not ban it.

[–] NattyNatty2x4 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not being banned. They're forcing the US portion of the company to be bought and run by an American company. To the users tiktok will remain, but the Chinese government will no longer have a direct line to the company leadership

[–] t3rmit3 1 points 8 months ago

Which, it's worth noting, is the same thing that China requires of all companies that want to operate in China.