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If US bans TikTok then other countries should ban US apps because they can be used for spying and manipulation of public opinion the same way. Either a country makes its own apps or it becomes a subject to foreign influence.



Other countries do ban US apps. For example, Twitter/X is banned in China, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and a few other countries.


Good to see the crowd we're joining then.


I don't see it as being significantly different from our laws prohibiting foreign ownership of tv and radio stations.


It's very different. There are tons of foreign owned apps and websites, like Spotify for example. Are we going to force them to become an American company too?


Maybe if Sweden joins the list of adversary countries.


I think you'll find that essentially all US social media is already banned in China...


China even blocks HN.




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