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schnurrito ( schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago

TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban

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TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban

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schnurrito ( schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago
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Great job, US government. You went so overboard with your “TikTok is an evil Chinese app” and deciding to ban it that you’re pushing kids to go even deeper into the Chinese app ecosystem. The US go…
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    Have you ever thought about why international TikTok is the way it is?

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      The userbase and lack of content curation/moderation has everything to do with that. The Chinese version gets a whallop of censorship as well, but yeah, their motivation to help other countries educate the young or avoid brain-rot is well in the negatives.

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