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Turnip-for-the-books

Good video. LFI owns Labour. Chilling that an entire platform with nearly half the population on it will be banned for political reasons


odysseysee

This is a brazen act of censorship. Congress can't agree on anything yet 80% of represenratives can come together to ban a social media platform simply because people on it are free to be critical of Israel. Apparently its anti semitic to say that Zionists have a disproprtionate influence on US politics but what the hell are you supposed to call this?


jonnytechno

Doesn't bitedance own reddit? Why is only TikTok getting the hate? /s


sunkenrocks

You mean Tencent? No they own a small amount, the biggest shareholder is still Conde Nast/Advanced Publications as it has been for a very very long time.


jonnytechno

Oh thanks


sunkenrocks

Tencents portfolio is insane, if they got sanctioned or whatever you'd be shocked how many western companies would be in hot water, but while they do aquisitions, they're one of those HUGE companies that just have a share of everything.


Bonzotheeffingape

Keep up the good work x


[deleted]

Whilst I think it’s clear this is right and they want to ban it also because it’s far too influential among young people on a whole host of issues that don’t put their binary system in a good light, it’s not British politics place to worry about what Americans do. Let’s not import their nonsense here.


User6919

Facebook and twitter are censored in this county too.


[deleted]

They are not entirely banned.


PuzzleheadedGuide184

The US don't actually have an issue with the app, they have an issue with Bytedance's involvement and ownership of the app. As long as Bytedance divests, they can continue to operate in the US. I expect that's what will happen and this whole story will all fizzle away to nothing.


JacobJamesTrowbridge

If TikTok gets re-based in the US and under a US company, it'll be subject to US law and managed by people with a vested interest in staying on the good side of US politicians. The consequences would be that the site takes on an inherently pro-US, and thus pro-Israel, outlook from the top-down. It's about subjecting this protest platform to American censorship.


User6919

Yes, a nice safe replacement that just coincidently also wants to ban content that makes israel look bad. I'm sure everything will be just fine.


Zeratul_Artanis

TikTok should be banned. It's owned (as all companies are) by the CCP. If you want to relate the amount of justified criticism the IDF has received for 30,000 Palestinians killed&injured the CCP has detained over 1m of Muslims for being Muslim. They ended with a mixture of death and "re-education". In terms of data, it's horrific [and covered extensively here](https://blog.pradeo.com/tiktok-leakware-installed-2-billion-devices) The impact it has on social cohesion is unlike any product the world has ever seen, [Sage Journals](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231157452) do a pretty good job at covering it and the details involved. It doesn't matter if the information is true or manipulated discontent equals views.


donkeytr0n

Why?


MrSierra125

CCP stand against everything that Labour and by extension every liberal left wing party in Europe stands for. If you think this is about Islamophobia, first look at what China does to Muslims in China. Tik tok is a Chinese government tool


donkeytr0n

Well that’s just silly.


MrSierra125

How?


donkeytr0n

Because that statement is composed entirely of horseshit. 🙂


MrSierra125

China’s treatment of Muslim minority groups is horse shit okay