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Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Makes sense. There is no way you let a foreign adversary control an app that serves 100m of your citizens emotionally charged shortform content.

That would similar to the ccp owning every major American news network combined.

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remington@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I believe most people in this thread are missing your point in which I agree.

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Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To play devil’s advocate here, I think it’s necessary for a social media platform to exist that’s outside the control of the US government. Just because we have the first amendment here that doesn’t mean our speech is protected, just look at what happens when protesters do it the “wrong” way.

Does that mean China gives a shit about our freedoms? No. They just won’t be forced into censoring things the US would want though, and the gap between their opposing hegemonic ambitions is where people can truly say what they want about the US in certain topics. While it’s true the CCP is data mining American citizens, their reach to compromise individuals is dwarfed by what US companies can do already.

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- Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Im curious if you think it would be OK for ccp to own to own CNN and fox news and control broadcasting for hundreds of millions of Americans.
  
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  - Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t think it would be okay. Are you happy with almost all American media being controlled by a handful of mega corporations who are beholden to US hegemonic interests?
    
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    Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If I was American or the American government I would be.
    
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princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hahaha yeah tell that to every other country that has Google, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and every other American social media company serving it’s citizens emotionally charged content. Facebook was even implicated in inciting a genocide. The US isn’t any better than the CCP here. Though it very much falls into capitalist rather than state control, the end result isn’t much different.

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- Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I never said the us was any better. im very aware of the us influence on the internet. But there is a big difference between the us and China and say the us and britan or the us and (any small country that isn’t allied with the us but is to small to go independent).
  
  Adversarial nations that are big enough to break free of FAANG company already have. Russia and China do not what the us dominating their social media landscapes. Why would the us allow China to dominates its social media landscape when they can ban it and supplement it with companies that are within their governments arms reach.
  
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