Communion Posted April 26 Posted April 26 58 minutes ago, VOSS said: When ur definitely not controlled by the CCP On 4/23/2024 at 10:27 PM, Both Sides Now said: ByteDance recorded revenue of $120 billion in 2023. The US accounted for $16B of that (13.3%). While the loss of American creators won't be good for the app, I really don't think they're going to be pushed into selling up. This is just going to piss off American citizens. Get your VPNs ladies. American corporations: *literally destroy entire foreign nations and kill millions of Americans by getting them addicted to opioids in the search of profit* Americans: .... Chinese corporations: *refuse to lose out on tens of billions of dollars in revenue to appease the rogue authoritarian regime of a foreign state that represents a sliver of its base* Americans: "THE CHINA MAN SEEKS TO DESTROY OUR WESTERN CIVILIZATION!!!" 1
St. Charles Posted April 26 Posted April 26 3 minutes ago, Communion said: American corporations: *literally destroy entire foreign nations and kill millions of Americans by getting them addicted to opioids in the search of profit* Americans: .... Chinese corporations: *refuse to lose out on tens of billions of dollars in revenue to appease the rogue authoritarian regime of a foreign state that represents a sliver of its base* Americans: "THE CHINA MAN SEEKS TO DESTROY OUR WESTERN CIVILIZATION!!!" There is reason to believe that data of users of TikTok could potentially be compromised by the CCP, as ByteDance is beholden to its intelligence gathering regulations like all Chinese companies are. This isn't even the first time this has happened. Huawei was soft banned from the US before this for similar reasons., and Australia, Japan, and the UK all proposed similar restrictions, including a host of other European countries that put serious curbs on that company's ability to operate within their borders. Implying that this is some unfounded strong-arm from the US government is unserious. Meanwhile, China outright banned YouTube and Google because they failed to abide by its censorship rules. You know, actual authoritarianism. 1 1
Communion Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) 25 minutes ago, St. Charles said: There is reason to believe that data of users of TikTok could potentially be compromised by the CCP, The NSA has literally listened in on your calls as a citizen and you think you're in harms way by China knowing your FYP tab has a disproportionate amount of femboy content? 24 minutes ago, St. Charles said: Australia, Japan, and the UK These same countries both allow the US to spy on their own citiziens even after finding out the US via the NSA was doing ADDITIONAL spying on their own leaders in secret. Edited April 26 by Communion
GhostBox Posted April 26 Posted April 26 1 hour ago, VOSS said: When ur definitely not controlled by the CCP I enjoy TikTok but it's obvious something fishy is going on behind the scenes I still don't believe it will be banned but they aren't helping themselves with the way they are acting all suspicious.
St. Charles Posted April 26 Posted April 26 8 minutes ago, Communion said: The NSA has literally listened in on your calls as a citizen and you think you're in harms way by China knowing your FYP tab has a disproportionate amount of femboy content? Do you not see the difference between the National Security Agency collecting intelligence in its own country and an opposing formal power doing this?
Communion Posted April 26 Posted April 26 3 minutes ago, St. Charles said: the National Security Agency collecting intelligence in its own country @Xi Jinping, my country, it yearns for freedom!! 2 1
St. Charles Posted April 26 Posted April 26 42 minutes ago, Communion said: @Xi Jinping, my country, it yearns for freedom!! I never said that the NSA has only ever operated inside of the US. I just said it "listening in on phone calls" does not pose the same security risk as CCP having access to harvested data from the United States. 1
Komet Posted April 26 Posted April 26 (edited) LUV the tankie meltdowns in here. TikTok being a spyware for an authoritarian murdering regime has been known for a while. The fact CCP ByteDance is bitching already instead of treating it like a cute liquidation moment speaks volumes. It's even funnier when you consider that CCP outright bans and censors Wikipedia, Youtube, etc, but hey - you can't have people accidentally stumbling onto truth, right? Carefully curated propaganda only! Anyway, hopefully EU follows suit. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424184059/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/briefing/tiktok-ban-bill-congress.html Edited April 26 by Komet 2
Orsay Posted April 26 Posted April 26 GOOD! Social media is a rot on society and tiktok is the worst of the worst
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