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TikTok Facing Potential US Ban as Congress Passes Bill Requiring Sale
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Arguing with you is cake, especially since most of the conspiracy theories in your article from 2020 have turned into conspiracy fact.Some people need their medicines pronto!!
Coronavirus: False and misleading claims about vaccines debunked
Misinformation about coronavirus vaccine trials has been spreading on social media.www.bbc.com
Whoops, turns out that Madej was right. The Florida surgeon general has said that it's very possible for DNA contaminants in these vaccines to integrate with the contents of your own cells.
For that matter, you might want to look up what "SV40" is.
What do you think Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" was? They fast-tracked the vaccine, and the original control group from the short-lived trials they did do eventually were given the real vaccine. We have no way to look at long-term impacts, especially critical when a vaccine usually takes 7-10 years to get to market, and this was done in < 1 year.
You might also want to look at this clip where Pfizer admitted that they "really had to move at the speed of science."
Vaccine takers are so BTFO. It's game over for you. You were wrong and lost horribly.
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It is the one social network that can't be censored by our government. That can't be tolerated.
(Yes, it is bad for us and is probably also controlled by the CCP...)
(Yes, it is bad for us and is probably also controlled by the CCP...)
The USA, the Land of the Free My Ass! LMAO
It's crazy how censorship is being push on all platforms and individuals if you dare to speak against the establishment. The 1st Amendment is the first for a reason. This is the most basic right. Free Speech is not negotiable.
It's crazy how censorship is being push on all platforms and individuals if you dare to speak against the establishment. The 1st Amendment is the first for a reason. This is the most basic right. Free Speech is not negotiable.
Democrats raise more money during Republican presidencies so Biden and his ilk couldn't care less about a Trump win.
This may be the first thing Biden's ever done that actually is good for America. China is a sleezy country and needs to be knocked down a peg or two. Spy balloons flying over the US with impunity & spyware from the CCP on our phones.
Of course, true credit for this goes to President Trump who sounded the alarm on this (and was ofc pilloried in the press over it) and tried to do something about it.
Of course, true credit for this goes to President Trump who sounded the alarm on this (and was ofc pilloried in the press over it) and tried to do something about it.
Stupid argument. It can happen anywhere, and place, any app. The point is government overreaching.
Et tu, Mac Rumors?
...geez, the world in the era of the internet is simply a cesspool of conspiracy theories, terrible logic and lack of education.
...geez, the world in the era of the internet is simply a cesspool of conspiracy theories, terrible logic and lack of education.
Sure, that's a big part of it BUT also gave voice to independents journalists/analysts and ordinary folks outside or corporate media control exposing a lot of truth and the crimes of the establishment. In the end, you cannot censor speech. The only exception is if it incites physical violence.
There’s a big difference between potentially exposing data to allies and neutral countries vs exposing data to an adversary. That said, I don’t blame any country for wanting to protect their data as much as possible.
I’m not at all a fan of any social media either, and they’re probably all being used by some to control others to some extent, but whatever dangers exist with US-based social media, with the platform being US adversary-based there is a whole new dimension of possible dangers added. No one can reasonably argue against that.
And yet this thread is full of people saying the US is just as bad or worse than China.
Lots of hot takes here.
With the weak old man in the white house, I don't see this happening.
Should it? Who knows. Personally I think they want an American company to own it so they can control the influence rather than China.
Social media is way more dangerous than I think we give it credit.
Should it? Who knows. Personally I think they want an American company to own it so they can control the influence rather than China.
Social media is way more dangerous than I think we give it credit.
Typical Zionist response. Israel was founded on genocide, the Nakba, and continues it to this day. I’m Jewish, and I was raised being taught that Israel was a shining beacon of democracy in the Middle East, and that the formation of Israel was harmonious and ethical. It was gutting to discover I had been lied to my entire life. Israel was founded as an extension of British colonialism, and then the US saw the strategic advantage in backing Israel and now Israel is a US proxy state.
And don’t get confused, just because I call out Israel doesn’t mean I think China is innocent. Their treatment of Tibet and the Uhygurs is also genocide, among many other serious issues. There are plenty of things I despise about China, but that doesn’t let Israel off the hook.
You are a genocide denier, so it’s not me who doesn’t “f*cking know”. And your whole poor innocent Israel defending itself narrative is failing apart. People are seeing right through it. As is the absurd “criticism of Israel is antisemitism” canard.
I never said they were the same. They’re two different countries with two different histories. My point is not that both are indistinguishable, but that neither one is morally superior to the other, so I disregard any argument based on the notion that the United States is any better than China.
It's easy to criticize everybody as bad. But at some point, one needs to put a flag in the ground to have any claim on morality whatsoever.
When you say the US is no better than China then you are, in fact, saying that the US and China are "the same" relative to morals. That was my point.
Until you can tell me what is good, you can't tell me what is bad. These things are relational by definition.
Oh no, we all know they are 100% safe and effective! 🙄And the Covid vaccine contains Government Microchips right
Fail to see how any of what has passed in the last 100 years or so has passed constitutional muster, but here we are. Thank you Woodrow Wilson.
So you're OK with the federal government controlling your speech?
Sure you are. It's only a name and this is in the political news forum.
Don't forget old school Google, that is until they bent the knee.
Oh yes, because our data is so safe with American owned companies.
Developers in China, Russia had access to Facebook user data for years, senators say
Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after internal documents revealed developers with ties to China and Russia could access sensitive user data.
Meta Shatters Lobbying Record as House Passes TikTok Ban
A new disclosure reveals Instagram owner Meta spent more than ever on lobbing Congress and the White House as legislation to potentially ban its competitor, TikTok, was drawn up and passed.
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Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia
Amnesty report finds Facebook amplified hate ahead of Rohingya massacre in Myanmar
For years, Facebook, now called Meta, has pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people and failed to moderate violent and hateful material adequately.
www.pbs.org
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.
They're usually right, so why are you saying that like it's a bad thing? How many things used to be "conspiracy theory" BS and later on the government openly admitted was true?
Ireland is pretty good. Cuba post revolution, South Africa post apartheid (there’s still political corruption but it is undeniably a better international citizen post apartheid), Vietnam post revolution, Ukraine after the fall of the USSR. Generally the places that have resisted and/or rejected settler colonialism. I’m not saying that’s the only metric but it’s a solid starting point.
And I’m not foolish enough to argue that any country is or has been perfect, but the literal heart of the imperial world order and the most hyper capitalist country in the world, the US, is as morally corrupt as you can get. The US has destabilized and overthrown democratically elected governments for decades so they could extract as many resources as possible at the cost of the quality of life and freedoms for the populations of those countries. And then of course you have slavery, the genocide of Native Americans, internment camps for Japanese Americans in WWII, Jim Crow, etc etc etc. The US has no morals, it never has, and all the propaganda in the world will never change that.
Everyday I see the horrors of what the Sackler family has done to this country, along with so much other stuff. There’s never money or bipartisanship to help or solve issue’s facing nearly all Americans, yet there’s infinite money to fund foreign wars and the 2 parties always come together to strip Americans of their rights.
Yea China is bad and all that, but as an American citizen I’m far more concerned with what our own government is doing to us. Where’s the outrage and debate over the 4th amendment being completely nullified?
An app mostly used by teenagers to post dance videos is a “threat”, but all Americans being spied on is not a threat? Just can’t think of anyone who would abuse this kind of power in the future…🙄
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Yea China is bad and all that, but as an American citizen I’m far more concerned with what our own government is doing to us. Where’s the outrage and debate over the 4th amendment being completely nullified?
An app mostly used by teenagers to post dance videos is a “threat”, but all Americans being spied on is not a threat? Just can’t think of anyone who would abuse this kind of power in the future…🙄
Data Privacy And The Contested Extension Of FISA, Section 702
The Biden Administration passes the reauthorization of Section 702, of FISA into law, extending warrantless surveillance and impacting U.S. civil liberties amid widespread data collection concerns.
www.forbes.com
Who said it was safe?Oh yes, because our data is so safe with American owned companies.
Developers in China, Russia had access to Facebook user data for years, senators say
Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after internal documents revealed developers with ties to China and Russia could access sensitive user data.www.scmagazine.com
Meta Shatters Lobbying Record as House Passes TikTok Ban
A new disclosure reveals Instagram owner Meta spent more than ever on lobbing Congress and the White House as legislation to potentially ban its competitor, TikTok, was drawn up and passed.
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia
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Amnesty report finds Facebook amplified hate ahead of Rohingya massacre in Myanmar
For years, Facebook, now called Meta, has pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people and failed to moderate violent and hateful material adequately.
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.arstechnica.com
My point is that this is political theater. Requiring TikTok to be owned by an American company does not prevent user data from going to China. All it does is line the pockets of TikTok’s competitors. And given how awful their competitors are, that is a worse outcome than leaving TikTok as is.