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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would argue that gathering data about your own citizens is actively worse than china doing it; an average US citizen has a lot more to lose if the 3-letter-agencies or the police use it against them, because those are who you would have to deal with in person.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Valid point. I think the issue is that we know there is no good reason for China to have that data, and we know that they are hostile, so it's an easy decision.