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0 pointsgonehome4y ago0 comments

TikTok's ban is different (and arguably reasonable).

The way TikTok manipulates its feed to serve the CCP's interests and influence public sentiment in the country is a threat. Things like downplaying the CCP's invasion of HK.

https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/

That's basically the opposite of what's happening here. TikTok's threat is foreign government manipulation of the public and the block is blocking that government manipulation.

Here if Twitter got blocked it'd be because they refused to implement the government manipulation - it's a difference in kind.

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radiator4y ago

But from the point of view of the Indian government, those two "opposite" things are the same.

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0 pointsgonehome4y ago0 comments

TikTok's ban is different (and arguably reasonable).

The way TikTok manipulates its feed to serve the CCP's interests and influence public sentiment in the country is a threat. Things like downplaying the CCP's invasion of HK.

https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/

That's basically the opposite of what's happening here. TikTok's threat is foreign government manipulation of the public and the block is blocking that government manipulation.

Here if Twitter got blocked it'd be because they refused to implement the government manipulation - it's a difference in kind.