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If tiktok should be banned then I would demand Instagram, YouTube and Facebook also be banned as their "heating" button is under the control of US companies and their coorperate interests.

This from a European perspective. "Propaganda apps" in control by foreign governments and companies that may not align with European ideals and values.

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It's a fair take, but I wouldn't be as worried because there are a lot more guards and protections for American companies, and America is broadly and ally of Europe.

I wouldn't worry if there was a European company with a button that made things more popular, as an American. I would probably worry about EU law regulating what is allowed to be said or not though.

Go make an app with a heating button under EU control please

I am just making the point that banning tiktok is not the solution to the problem that the US now has because a foreign entity runs the most popular app when it wasn't the case before.

Sure, you make a good point if you ignore the political ideology in US vs. China and the fact that all the social media apps you just listed are banned in China.

Using fsociety as a handle while not immediately seeing capitalism as a political ideology that, when turned up to 11 (as in America) many consider harmful is absolutely perfect.

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