Lawmaker: TikTok must "sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party."

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

This is in the process of trying to fire up another Yellow Peril. Access to data and profit might be the driving factors, but so is creating a new enemy class to scapegoat. Just look at how the media talks about China and how anti-Asian hate has been rising in recent years. Of course race is a factor because you need race to create a racial enemy.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It's about power, not about race. International politics is always about power. I don't get how some people don't understand that. You're right that many people are creating a scapegoat out of China, but (the intelligent and influential ones) aren't doing it out of racism. It might be racist, but they don't buy it, they're only selling it. It's about solidifying power and controlling means and methods. That's always the case for governments, no matter when or where.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If TikTok was owned by a German or English corporation, would it be facing this kind of scrutiny? Of fucking course not, don't be dense.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, because they'd share the information with the US. Just like China doesn't allow US corporations into China. Don't be dense.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And I suppose the reason all of the euro countries share information with each other and don't let China into their special club is just a natural phenomenon? Completely arbitrary and random?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Not random for sure. They are a seperate power structure. The US does share some data with China, and also western countries don't share a lot of data with each other as well. All nations are constantly spying on each other. It isn't infrequent you hear about some NATO country spy being caught spying on some NATO nation. Governments are about control, and they'll try to increase that control with any method possible.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    TikTok stores American data via Oracle. They also have servers in Virginia and Singapore.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure, you have to store data with some locality so round trip times aren't horrible. It doesn't mean anyone has access to it or control over it.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    non-hexbear/non-lemmygrad user handle
    ridiculous kindergarten-tier reasoning

    like pottery

    "waaahhh they're only DISPASSIONATELY SELLING the racism, they don't actually feel it in their hearts!"

    First of all that's irrelevant
    Second of all your work almost always becomes your personality to some extent so you're almost certainly wrong

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    And you're better, right? No. You aren't. I'm on hexbear fairly frequently. I don't have any issue with hexbear or lemmygrad. I'm just not ignoring the fact all these nations do this. China has an almost exclusive ecosystem, yet somehow when the US does it it's racism? No. It isn't about race. It's about control. This apiea to China, Russia, and the US, and any other power in the future or past. Anyone who has the capability to gain control also has disposition to exploit their control. You don't gain control without that.

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