Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) comes right out and admits it: they're about to ban TikTok because "young people are getting their news" from the app, and "pro-Palestinian" hashtags generate lots of views. He says Chinese Communists are "pushing this racist agenda" to undermine America - Kotaku In Action 2

Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) comes right out and admits it: they're about to ban TikTok because "young people are getting their news" from the app, and "pro-Palestinian" hashtags generate lots of views. He says Chinese Communists are "pushing this racist agenda" to undermine America (twitter.com)

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– ghostfox1_ 3 points 242 days ago +3 / -0

Probably because China doesn't flat out own reddit?

I agree with you, but it's not exactly hard to understand why it's just tiktok (right now)

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– Bedrock 4 points 241 days ago +4 / -0

They actually do! Look at reddits top investors

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– WhitePhoenix 1 point 241 days ago +1 / -0

Tencent owns a minority stake. Like a pretty small stake iirc. Not the same, but I'd still be down with Reddit being removed from the net.

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– gopower2024 -8 points 241 days ago +2 / -10

Exactly...imagine defending a CCP asset operated in the USA lol. This ban is a GOOD thing. It gives the government power to ban foreign media within the US borders.

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