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X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

USA next. If we can ban TikTok, we can do Twitter too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ugh, TikTok isn't banned in the US...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, but they have been trying to ban it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Until they do, your statement doesn't make sense lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As someone who hates corporate social media (and TikTok especially), I can’t figure out if banning TikTok is a legit security issue or racist. I’d love to see it go, but I can’t seem to form an opinion on the matter despite reading up on it several times.