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@ggreenwald

Both the Economist and the WSJ state explicitly that the main reason the TikTok ban picked up so much bipartisan steam in DC since Oct. 7 was because of how much Israel criticism was allowed to air and circulate on the platform (see below).

But really! It’s all about China!

@benshapiro

The House has voted to separate TikTok from its Chinese Communist Party ownership. It’s nice to see a bit of bipartisan sanity once in awhile.

Direct link to video (should work for a bit): https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1768310919887536135/vid/avc1/1280x720/4zWnNyjVkmz0yRc9.mp4?tag=14

Source: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1768382962360283559

Additionial information by Glenn:

  • @[email protected]
    8•8 months ago

    This isn’t the best example but does perfectly highlight why you don’t want foreign national companies controlling the discourse in your own country.

    Canada should ban Facebook, and X, and tiktok.

    • @[email protected]
      8•8 months ago

      Yeah, the U.S. isn’t being the crazy one here, the rest of the world is crazy for letting the U.S. have so much influence. There’s nothing preventing these U.S. companies from influencing elections throughout the world using their platforms. Maybe you can make the argument that the CCP is a more hostile regime and deserves more scrutiny, but I’d argue that Trump showed the U.S. can become hostile at any moment.

      If only there was a social media platform that wasn’t owned and controlled by any company, perhaps with many instances hosted by public non-profits, that people could feel safe discussing on.