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0 pointscloutchaser3y ago0 comments

No, they shouldn’t be treated differently.

And if Facebook was handing data over to Chinese government officials and three letter agencies you’d be damned sure they’d be slammed over it. TikTok is doing it, and god knows what else, and again, there is no oversight.

And yes, I know facebook hands data over to the us, but that is done with oversight and warrants

So I agree with you, I just think TikTok is basically above the law right now

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lmm3y ago

> And yes, I know facebook hands data over to the us, but that is done with oversight and warrants

Is it? Don't they have their own secret courts where those warrants can't be challenged? Didn't the NSA head lie to congress about what they were doing (with no consequences)? I'd bet the PRC has some kind of "oversight" when getting data from TikTok too, just not the kind where regular people can see or object - but that's no different from what the US is doing.

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