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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok

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Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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It’s not about national security, after all.
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    this would imply they think they have control over non tik Tok social media? doubt. I think this is just old confused people being old confused.

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      The US corporate social media platforms are part of the US military-industrial-intellegence complex now. Look at their boards of directors and executives. Look at Twitter. Look at Facebook. Look at Hamilton 68. Look at Reddit:

      • Jessica Ashooh: The taming of Reddit and the National Security State Plant tabbed to do it
      • A Reddit AMA Claiming To Be A Uyghur Quickly Exposes A CIA Asset Slandering China
      • r/neoliberal was created by a neoliberal think tank » BPR Interviews: The Neoliberal Project

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      They have their eye on the fediverse now, too: Atlantic Council » Collective Security in a Federated World

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      While this is just old-people being confused and told what to do by Israeli lobbyists, it’s worth noting that the US has a great deal of influence over Facebook, many newspapers like the NYT, Washintgon Post, Youtube, and even Twitter. Not total control mind you, but enough where if they want a particular video delisted, or don’t like that a trend is happening, they have ways they can shut it down.

      Not so with Tiktok (or most of the other less popular social media apps.)

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