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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

False dichotomy. They could’ve been banned on legitimate pretenses AND other reasons threatening power.

If they were legitimately only banned for “tracking the location in the US and gathering large amounts of data”, then just about every single social media service would be under investigation for the same reason. But do we currently see that happening?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

If they were legitimately only banned for “tracking the location in the US and gathering large amounts of data”, then just about every single social media service would be under investigation for the same reason.

We aren't talking about TikTok simply gathering the information though, are we?

But yes, absolutely. Let's do it. And we know that: just because the other companies aren't being investigated/regulated in the same way, does not mean that it shouldn't happen at all. That's not how it works.

Also, you are making a fallacious argument yourself... If we were talking about banning US social media sites in China, then the comparison holds (and even then, it's not 1:1 given the political structure of the CCP vs. that of the US). Otherwise, TikTok is clearly unique among them in that the Chinese Government ostensibly has access to any and all information that is being collected.

There is a reason China made their own version Facebook. Because they don't want us to have all that information on their citizens.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Of all the social media popular in the US, only one of them is doing that tracking and is under the thumb of a foreign adversary. That is specifically the line drawn in the law. I'm actually curious if WeChat shouldn't fall under it too?