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What "freedom of speech" did TikTok provide, when it's owned by a Chinese company with Chinese laws requiring that said company give the Chinese government data if requested?They shut down their American servers because of the ban. I don't use Tiktok, but I agree with the freedom of speech and access to information that it provided. My biggest concern with the whole situation is the fact that all media outlets and social media platforms are being controlled by the government.
There were plenty of things that one could get banned for, from TikTok's platform, to the best of my recollection; compared to Reddit and X.
As opposed to things only the Chinese government allows the American users to view?Any time there's a viable source of information that they can't control, they shut it down. Zuckerberg just bought his way in, and if they bring Tiktok back, it's only because they're contracting with Meta. The only source of information we will have access to will be owned by Presidents Musk and Zuckerberg aside from the already corrupted media broadcasting organizations we've had access to for decades. We only get the news they want us to see, nothing more from an outside perspective.
Or opposed to things only the corporations allow users to view, for that matter? (Facebook/Meta, X, Bluesky, YouTube and even Reddit lol)
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It is rather curious that the US SCOTUS unanimously voted to uphold the Federal ban on TikTok .
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