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anima-vero-quaerenti t1_jdce1ia wrote

If TikTok was an American company, this wouldn’t even be up for discussion.

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WhatTheZuck420 t1_jdcfq4k wrote

google enters the chat

microsoft enters the chat

apple enters the chat

adobe enters the chat

oracle enters the chat

at&t enters the chat

verizon enters the chat

comcast enters the chat

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SomethingMatter t1_jdduwlw wrote

I have no issue with laws being passed to completely gut the data that the US social media companies siphon off too.

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geenaleigh t1_jdecy3x wrote

I think we all agree with that. If congress actually cares about privacy they would be passing laws to protect us from ALL social media companies. But that’s not what is happening here because our congress runs on lobbying and Meta is hustling to get this killed.

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SomethingMatter t1_jdej2ji wrote

I agree that congress is screwing up because they are targetting TikTok as a product instead of targeting the data collection policies. They have absolutely no reliable way of enforcing any laws that they make that specifically target TikTok. This isn't China with it's locked down Internet. It also makes perfect sense for the government to ban TikTok from government devices. TikTok has to obey the laws of the Chinese government and will have to hand over any information that the Chinese government requests from them.

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Good_old_Marshmallow t1_jddma9j wrote

Yeah. Undeniably a big reason Tik Tok isn’t appalling in the eyes of its users is it’s not seen as fundamentally different than any Meta product

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Persianx6 t1_jdexyny wrote

The CEO would be getting paraded around everywhere the way Jeff Bezos does, and Jeff Bezos' website has killed so much of what made American life viable before.

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