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[–] redempt@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

it's not that tiktok is good, it's that banning it sets a bad precedent and will be used to justify further control and censorship of the internet

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm all for setting a precedent if it's about banning chinese spyware and propaganda weapons.

[–] Jako301@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago

They don't want to ban it, they want to seize controll of it and let it operate as is, just with different propaganda now.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

That's a much better argument than what's presented in this meme. There's at least an argument to claim that the difference is about curtailing foreign interest through ownership. Ownership does heavily influence a platform. Unfortunately that hasn't prevented Murdock from owning more formal messaging platforms.

On a side note, how do you feel about a handful of corporations controlling and censoring the Internet?