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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 06:35:04 JST Tim Chambers

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   • Paris Marx

   @parismarx An issue I'd have with that argument is that the current bill is FINE if they sell TikTok to another non-China country. It's not about US tech marketshare, it's about Chinese control of data and influence inside US.

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     Paris Marx (parismarx@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 06:35:05 JST Paris Marx

     Imagine if a country passed a law saying Facebook or Google had to sell to a non-US owner or it would be banned.

     The ban isn’t because TikTok is a threat to US privacy or whatever, but because it threatens the global market share of US tech and by extension the geopolitical power of the US state.

     https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-house-vote-china-national-security-8fa7258fae1a4902d344c9d978d58a37

     #tech #tiktok #politics #socialmedia