US Congress is like "We're gonna ban a website to prove that we're not like China".
@Alex If U.S. websites can't operate in China, then Chinese websites can't operate in the U.S. Simple! The danger in Tiktok is not what it is already has been proven to have done but what it can do in the future. Until China lets U.S. companies compete on a level playing field, then Chinese companies don't get to operate here. Besides, tiktok collects data that not even mark zuckerberg could get away with collecting. Like the files in your phone's filesystem.
@realjosephknapp If you're worried about the "weakening of the United States", You should reconsider your advocacy of broad sanctions against China...
The ramifications of that would be pretty brutal.
Besides, if you disagree with the way China censors the Internet, you shouldn't be advocating that we do the same thing.
@nmn @Alex We should ban all Chinese websites until our websites are available in china. We should also refuse to protect Chinese intellectual property until china respects ours. I fully agree with @nnn@indieweb.social on this. When China respects our websites and our intellectual property then we will respect theirs.
@Alex @realjosephknapp Banning TikTok is not the same as internet censorship. Only social platforms from China should be banned. Because China does the same to the US.
It’s how sanctions work. Sanction wars are bad, but China started this war by essentially blocking all american social media apps decades ago.