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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Actually tiktok is not just china, its the soviet union too, used by putin's services...

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I wish those would be banned too.

I know you're trying to whataboutism it but they're all terrible and should go away.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Not meant to be whataboutism, just awareness... ism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

The difference is that those make you stupid and depressed as a side effect of making money. In tiktok it's the main goal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect. Control of US TikTok servers was handed over years ago. The State Department has been actively censoring content on the platform, but I guess they’re having trouble keeping up.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-by-state-department-officials/284353/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, handed over formally 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I honestly cannot tell if this is parody.