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Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global to challenge Youtube (www.engadget.com)
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The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website -- with no identity verification (for now at least)

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[–] 165 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

I can't wait for this to be announced as a threat to national security after creating mild competition for YouTube.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Maybe things change in the future, but right now I see VHS tapes at local thrift shops as being bigger competition to houtube than this.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Absolutely already a national security concern, but also technically already banned by the bill which banned TikTok.

    Question is how hard they need to stroke Trump for it to be unenforceable.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    What is the national security concern?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    Psychological operations and warfare, mainly disinformation campaigns akin to TikTok used to sway political sentiment in favor of authoritarians such as Trump.

    Equally bad: extreme data gathering, also akin to tiktok.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    I guess. TikTok did raise awareness of the Gaza genocide and, by extension, create instability in the US. It also distanced the public from the US government's closest ally, Israel.

    https://www.theverge.com/features/761076/gaza-images-starvation-tiktok-ban

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    It directly promoted GOP leading up to 2024 and even Trump by name:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/06/tiktok-pro-republican-algorithm-2024-election

    Then they did the exact same thing by promoting the AFD in Germany:

    https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/tiktok-and-x-recommend-pro-afd-content-to-non-partisan-users-ahead-of-the-german-elections/

    This has NOT distanced the USA from Israel; they have never been closer. The GOP are pushing bills that will combine Israel military with the USA's.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Brother, according to that logic, YouTube is a national security risk. I was refering to things the American govt labels as a national security risk to protect corporate interests.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    YouTube is run by a company within the USA.

    That does not compare to a company run by a hostile dictatorship's military.

    Nor has it had nearly the same impact: there was a 10 point shift among youth voters in favor of conservatives after TikTok, a complete reversal of a century old trend.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Your argument is that TikTok creates a national security risk by directing users to right or alt-right leaning views.

    You are ignoring YT's documented past of doing this exact thing because "China bad".

    https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/29/276000/a-study-of-youtube-comments-shows-how-its-turning-people-onto-the-alt-right/

    YouTube also funneled German users to that same alt-right party.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/world/europe/youtube-far-right-extremism.html

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    As an analogy:

    If an American kills an American it's a crime

    If a Chinese op kills an American it's warfare

    Perhaps stick to killing yourselves instead

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    America is already doing more harm to itself than any external nation is, so you don't have to worry if you want it's people to suffer.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Ah yes, you say we should do multiple times more harm to people who commit self harm, is that your moral philosophy?

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