• @gmtom
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    251 month ago

    Serious answer: because it’s owned by a US citizen and is operated and HQ’d in the US, so the the US government has effectively full control over it and can monitor it.

    That’s not a lot better from an end user privacy and security point. But is wayyyyyyyyyy better from a national security standpoint.

    • @Maggoty
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      1 month ago

      The US government has no more control over X than regulations permit. They have the exact same amount of control over TikTok operations inside the US.

      • @frostysauce
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        11 month ago

        Oh, sweet summer child…

        • @Maggoty
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          -11 month ago

          Sweet summer nothing. Don’t mistake billionaires as patriots for any cause other than their own. They don’t care about the country and will only cooperate if forced or convenient. Which is the exact same level TikTok exists on.

      • @gmtom
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        11 month ago

        Cool, the point is tiktok is spyware that sends info the the parent company in China, where the US doesn’t have control.

        • @Maggoty
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          -11 month ago

          Where evidence?

    • Drusas
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      41 month ago

      Same reason China wants it.

    • @finitebanjo
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      Technically the two divisions of the law banning TikTok and any company which sends US Citizens data to an adversarial nation, both passed at the same time, say nothing of citizenship.

      When the courts say TikTok has to divest from Chinese ownership, they don’t mean heritage. They mean owners and operators who literally live and work exclusively in China.

    • @EtherWhack
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      -31 month ago

      I thought Mister Musty didn’t have US citizenship

      • Drusas
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        Despite allegedly being an illegal immigrant himself, he does have citizenship now.

        • @nieminen
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          51 month ago

          Should be an invalid citizenship, he falsely stayed in the us under a student visa while he did business, and didn’t attend school

          • snooggums
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            51 month ago

            He should absolutely have his citizenship revoked and be deported because we have it on record that he knew he falsely stayed for his personal benefit.

            I will cut less well off immigrants slack for not following the complex and difficult process, especially if they immigrated for asylum, but Musk did it because he could get away with it and deserves to be punished for it.

      • @lazyViking
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        21 month ago

        Why did you think that?

        • @EtherWhack
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          31 month ago

          I just knew he wasn’t when he was with PayPal and never really paid much attention since.