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Comment by anoy8888 | Hacker News Reader

I think you are a bit naive and underestimate china’s will to influence US any chance they get. TikTok is not a toy . I repeat . TikTok is not a toy. It is a super app that gets the most attention and time from 150 million Americans. And unlike rich people in US who are powerful, in China, bitedance ( TikTok) CEO is like a dog to the CCP leaders. They asked you eat shit , you will eat it twice to please them. This is a real danger . Note: I am Chinese

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Also China has banned or regulated to uselessness every American piece of software. Globalization and unipolar power has ended.

Do you think banning Huawei from owning US telecommunications infrastructure is also a sign of the end times (Parent comment)?

Or, we could go beyond tit-for-tat, and make real laws protecting our citizens and their data. Do people really think TikTok is doing things Facebook, google, etc are not already doing with tracking and algorithms ?

tit for tat is the only way free trade is enforced...

A couple of years ago I would have doubted this. I'm not American so my stance in general world politics is mostly neutral. But seeing what happened with China and Jack Ma (the richest/most powerful business owner in China) I'm sure they can bend the knee of any Chinese company.

Not that the US spying agencies cant do the same with US companies. They surely do. But it's a strong argument for banning technology coming from an adversarial government.

I'm WAY more distrustful and scared of the US government than the Chinese government.

Then you’re misinformed. The United States doesn’t have great political accountability recently, but China has ~none.

This topic really does a number on otherwise reasonably rational minds.

This is an absolutely ridiculous take - the Chinese government has over 1 million people in literal concentration camps.

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