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It's the same fake argument every time they try to take away your rights (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

can't find any western countries that have it banned for the general public

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's true, while it's being debated in a lot of places the only current bans I can find any news on are for government officials and employees. Now that I think about it, doesn't that make Biden's TikTok illegal?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Afghanistan.
Australia.
Belgium.
Canada.
Denmark.
European Union.
France.
India.
Lativa.
Netherlands.
New Zealand.
Norway.
Pakistan.
Taiwan.
United Kingdom.

All have banned the app either from government employees to a nationwide ban.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"You can't use this at work" and "You can't use this ever" are very different things.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's correct. Not every country on that list limits the ban to just govt employees.

How many apps has China flat out banned? Movies? The actual Internet?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How many apps has China flat out banned? Movies? The actual Internet?

So what you're saying is that 'murica is just as bad as China

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hardly. Banning one app for security is nowhere near as bad as blocking most of the entire world because you don't want your citizens to see it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you even remotely aware of the level of spying going on in 'murica, by 'murica?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

No I live in a magical cave where I'm blind to everything, just like you are.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is a bit dishonest. Only Afghanistan and India have banned TikTok from citizens and neither of them are western countires. In every other country you listed it's just about government devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Most governments even semi big companies don't allow whatsapp or other meta products on their hardware, is that precedent enough to ban meta too? Very few apps comply with the GDPR requirements needed on company/government hardware.

Look, I despise Tiktok too, but most arguments on here are just "muh China bad" or "look at these other people doing something"