TikTok is in trouble... again? (Updated)

[atxcyclist]

8 hours ago, Anders155 said:

Because those are not the same examples. You're putting forward that the US dosn't collect data for "social credit scores" (it does) which is a domestic thing but then you say the chinese government is one of the least trustworthy because it collects data on foreign citizens. The US does this too.

 

And I'm not sure you've read the news lately but quite a lot of US states are outright banning books and access to information due to the Culture(TM) War(TM). Then there was that whole federal department to deal with misinformation that went up to the Supreme Court.

 

So yes, it is quite similiar. The only difference is that what China does is not really publically verifiable without access to intel, US does it openly. 

We don’t have social credit scores here. It’s very different and most people realize it’s very different. As a U.S. citizen I can still go buy any of those ‘banned’ books in a bookstore, I still have access to all of the world’s major news sources via the internet; They are not the same, it’s clear you’re extremely biased against the U.S.

 

Also, I can complain about the U.S. government and I don’t get hauled-off to prison, so…you can probably understand why I think your insinuation that they’re similar is not reasonable.