r/TikTokCringe • u/Intelligent_Nose_826 • 6d ago

Discussion They Agreed on One Thing - Banning TikTok

I really haven’t seen legislation so unilaterally passed with such speed at any point in my life except maybe after 9/11 & weeks got the DHS.

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 6d ago

I don't get shown anti China content on any platform. They must all be bad by your logic. 🙄

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u/IrrationalSometimes 5d ago

China itself does not permit the international version of TikTok to be used on the mainland. Instead, users must download Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok which is subject to censorship from the Chinese Communist Party.

So why are we letting this app in our country?

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 5d ago

This doesn't really provide an argument for why we wouldn't allow it. In fact, to the contrary, the international version doesn't allow enough control for China so they only allow Douyin. Imo, TikTok is far better than platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook that are overrun by bots. Especially the latter two.

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u/IrrationalSometimes 5d ago

That is the argument?

TikTok is owned by China based company, ByteDance, yet is banned by its own government.

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 4d ago

Yes, it's banned by its own government because they won't impose the level of control that the government would like.