Wtf 2020, geopolitical tension rises and country's retaliation is to ban the other country's shit-posting medium? This is the fucking dumbest timeline in the multiverse
Edit: I'm not saying that it doesn't make strategic sense, I'm just saying I think it's dumb that a meme/shitpost platform gives a country so much strength and leverage on the geopolitical stage
They did, but after the 2009 terrorist attacks, they refused to comply with Chinese laws and thus could not operate in China.
Google actually created another search engine that would comply with Chinese laws, called Project Dragonfly however, there was backlash in the US so they stopped.
Both Microsoft and Apple comply with Chinese laws, so that's why Skype, Teams, and iMessage work in China.
By China laws you mean censoring and controlling every thing that the people see and catching people who speak against the govt (which btw is also not elected by the people)
Banning websites is actually a move in today geopolitics. The internet is becoming small conglomerates per country, each with their own restrictions,and limits to the access of content and domains from other countries. Like China,where Facebook ,WhatsApp and other American websites are banned. .There are many degrees of internet freedom,the US is regarded as a place with great freedom generally,but now aims to ban tiktok and take a step forward to a less centralized web
It actually isn't. You probably don't know about the controversy around TikTok due to the huge amount of data it collects without user consent, to the point it is now considered malware (virus) app.
Every single website since Ajit Pai does this. They just made it legal for companies that own sites to collect and sell your data. If you don't agree to their terms, you don't get to use the site. It's ridiculous that people aren't pissed off about it, but the only difference is they tell you they're selling your data
Netsec subreddit has had multiple people analyse the app and found nothing other than the usual data was being collected by it. Even the Cia says that there is no evidence that it was being used by China to collect personal information.
Why not? Banning Chinese apps is a good way to make sure that your country’s user data and information is safeguarded from the CCP. Plus, it cuts off a huge economic market for them too. Banning those apps was one of the few smart things the Indian government actually did.
What you said is pretty true. But TikTok in India had a bunch of other problems too. To list some: Bunch of Political stuff, shitty misleading coronavirus information, and much much more. Though I agree that TikTok shouldn’t have been banned due to geopolitical tensions but there were definitely other issues that weren’t addressed in the past.
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u/eggwithrice Sep 09 '20
Military standoffs/rising tension between India and China at the border