Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

  • @[email protected]
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    241 year ago

    Are you kidding? China has some of the strongest censorship laws in the world which includes filtering internet content and blocking access to apps. North Korea is the only country that has more repressed access to free information.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China

    The Chinese government has banned, among others, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, BBC, Wikipedia and … are you ready for this … TIKTOK. The Chinese government agrees that TikTok should be banned (though for different reasons).

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China

    • Quantum Cog
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      -41 year ago

      I was not talking about censorship. I was talking about technological advancements.

      But you have a fair point as this post is about censorship.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        How is banning TikTok “limiting technological advancements”?

        Would you agree that I was able to provide examples of “China doing the same” which you stated that you “did not see”?

        • Quantum Cog
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          1 year ago

          I was not talking about tiktok. I was talking about them banning sale of high performance gpus to china

          • prole
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            11 year ago

            Don’t know anything about the specific situation about GPUs, but I do know that I’m not allowed to purchase an affordable Chinese EV in the US…