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> But China ultimately having that power scares me more than an American company having it.

Why?

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As an American, support for democracy and (small-l) liberal values is the best type of government.

These liberties are built into the U.S. Constitution. And, while the U.S. government makes mistakes, this is the ideal we strive towards.

“If people criticize Israel on your app we will ban it” is the antithesis of liberal values.

Btw, lots of nice stuff is in the Chinese constitution too. Doesn’t really matter if it’s not followed in practice.

People were trying to get tik tok sold before the current war in Israel

China hawk republicans, yes. Not enough people to matter. The democrats only got on board, giving it enough support to actually pass, once it became the main place pro-Palestinian content was spreading.

I just went on instagram reels to disprove your point by finding posts critical of Israel. They certainly exist, under the search term "gaza". But the search term "Israel" is straight-up blocked, so obviously the censorship is real.

EDIT: example critical post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEYK037S2N-/

US govt. doesn't make mistakes. It actually plans dismantling other countries over decages building civil society and NGO assets. You are horribly misinformed and using less acerbic language to make it palatable.

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