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eclectic22 172 points ago +172 / -0

Reddit is going down.

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ParkerFH 84 points ago +85 / -1

My eight-year old saw that Tik Tok news story and immediately said, "and Reddit too, right?"

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LostViking1985 107 points ago +107 / -0

My 1 month old looked at me and said, "surely, they won't seize the memes of production, father?"

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LoneStarDangler 44 points ago +44 / -0

And then everyone clapped

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Italians_Invented_2A 30 points ago +31 / -1

My 15 days old looked at me and said: "surely, now the libertarians realize that in a world with foreign powers and ultra rich lobby groups the free market sometimes needs to be limited by the government to preserve the social fabric and the cultural values?"

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RighteousViolence1 23 points ago +23 / -0

Ha! My not even existing yet second child just said “the only good commie is one thrown from a helicopter.”

I couldn’t be a more proud father.

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ProudWhiteMan 12 points ago +12 / -0

Fetus MacWomb strikes again

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Smubbs 0 points ago +2 / -2

And everyone clapped

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Bandana_Jones 25 points ago +25 / -0

That would be fun to watch

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Shitposter69 20 points ago +20 / -0

Millennial girls will be sooo triggered.

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Shitposter69 18 points ago +18 / -0

If this is true, holy shit thedonald.win Alexa rank go super brrrrrrr

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mygovisacommie 9 points ago +9 / -0

Certainly will be included under the blanket term 'chinese social media apps'.

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PapaPepe 81 points ago +82 / -1

Anything chinese. Get rid of it

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Rugar22 8 points ago +8 / -0

Hopefully Smithfield Foods is made Virginian again.

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Everquest4Life 36 points ago +36 / -0

The Chinese ban any of our companies that don't bow. If a US company does business in China, there is a 99% chance they are compromised.

Time for them to get a taste of their own medicine. Payback's a bitch.

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Nibba 13 points ago +13 / -0

It really made me happy to see that Chinese 5G equipment was banned.

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nakedjay 65 points ago +65 / -0

Ban WeChat. It's directly tied to the Chinese Government.

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mintscape 20 points ago +20 / -0

It is also what the daigou scum use.

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ntvl 19 points ago +19 / -0

Every company over 100 people is tied to the government, they have to have a political party member with veto on their board

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RenaissanceOfHope 3 points ago +4 / -1

How so?

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ntvl 2 points ago +2 / -0

It’s a requirement I’m China when running a big businesses

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Bax101 5 points ago +5 / -0

Made by Google.

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IForgotMyPw 76 points ago +77 / -1

It's an app under control of the CCP that has been proven to be spying on American citizens. This is a national security issue. You can't argue that about just a Breitbart app in good faith.

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PepeLeKek 31 points ago +31 / -0

The left doesn’t argue in good faith 😞

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learntocode 10 points ago +10 / -0

Then we do, and we make our case to the American people. If demogogues and censorship and letting our country be ripped apart by foreigners is what they are selling, I will take that challenge on. There is money to be made doing the opposite of what these demons want. As the man says: America is a business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEDUiqfO-w

Fuck these wealth destroying cunts

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dontUseVinegerAsLube 21 points ago +22 / -1

No, the constitution protection doesn't apply to foreign apps - especially when national security is compromised.

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TheThreeSeashells 11 points ago +11 / -0

Like if Dems get power and they wanna ban a conservative app, they might.

They don't have power and they've virtually done that already with their shadow banning and Conservative censorship/purges. How long should that continue without any pushback?

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TheThreeSeashells 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fair point. I'd contend those businesses are working in conjunction with government entities to enact their censorship/purges. They're straddling the line. We already know the incestual relationship between politicians/government workers and the media. It's been mapped out plenty of times. The same goes for social media. It's just not as obvious because they're not stupid/brazen enough to broadcast it for the world to see.

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Jubal777 2 points ago +2 / -0

Sort of...but those private businesses were granted unique legal protections under Section 238. The sort of protection they received is usually reserved for municipal monopolies and utilities. In this case, those protections actually created the monopoly. Section 238 had strict requirements for these companies to adhere to, unfortunately they were allowed to place their thumbs on the scales in the Obama administration. This was allowed because social media/big tech was heavily integrated into the Obama political machine, and the Obama administration was waging an all out war on grassroot conservatism in order to get reelected. In 2016, it was evident that big tech, social media, and the DNC has basically merged as personnel metriculated freely between the Clinton campaign and the panoply of tech and media companies.

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sustainable_saltmine 1 point ago +1 / -0

perhaps highly regulate it somehow to prevent data from going "back home to China"

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DarthVader 8 points ago +8 / -0

I hope so for your sake, the Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

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nmipede 31 points ago +31 / -0
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Labyrinth9000 11 points ago +11 / -0

Send a message to the government of India to ban reddit and tell them its Chinese spyware

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jubyeonin 5 points ago +7 / -2

It was suspected and recently has been proven.

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SpeculatorSeth 25 points ago +25 / -0

We've seen odd moves in off shore yuan, and now the administration is talking like this. Something has changed. Brace yourselves pedes.

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mintscape 14 points ago +14 / -0

The media report little, so I understand your comment. However, so much has been happening and now a bunch of Chinese and Hong Kong banks are due for US sanctions soon.

The US is now fighting back economically, it's full on economic war and the US is winning.

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pursuitoftruth1776 16 points ago +16 / -0

Before the virus let's remember where China was. They were so desperate to get rid of tariffs they signed a trade deal where they agreed to buy $millions $ in US goods in exchange just for a potential phase two trade deal where tariffs would be removed.

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ydouhatemurica 21 points ago +22 / -1

This is beyond politics, this is about national security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYCG4vEe5s

China uses tiktok to push propaganda.

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jubyeonin 10 points ago +10 / -0

Why do you think the media glorified Tik Tok nurses despite their narrative and continued to do so for a while after people were questioning the empty hospitals?

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Rugar22 9 points ago +9 / -0

Im 23 dude, never even used that junk in my life. I don't care about TikTok.

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Zizou005 10 points ago +11 / -1

DO IT!!

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SnipedYou 9 points ago +9 / -0

Our kids are being fed propaganda and having their info farmed.

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KuhlooKuhlay 9 points ago +10 / -1

FUCK IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

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sustainable_saltmine 8 points ago +10 / -2

DO IT!

I know people who use it, though they arent political that I know of so they're gonna be pissed lol.

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IronMaiden 1 point ago +1 / -0

Someone just needs to make an American replacement, wouldn't be that hard imo.

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kikikat1949 8 points ago +8 / -0

Yes, ban Chinese/China everything including Tik Tok TRUMP TRAIN— MAGA/KAG—2020 💥🇺🇸

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DCdeplorable 8 points ago +9 / -1

Look downvote me all day idc but if Trump bans tiktoc low iq leftards who posted about bernie all day but couldn't be bothered to vote might actually be more likely to cast the opposition ballot. Let the chicoms abuse our liberties, its up to google and apple to ban apps for breaking the rules (like, idk, uploading all clipboard data to chicom servers)

Fight the american companies restricting speech. Let idiots who wanna use chicom tech be idiots, i really dont think theyre a big part of the voter base

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Rugar22 6 points ago +6 / -0

TikTok and all other companies owned by the CCP are a threat to our national security.

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TighterGradeofTail 5 points ago +5 / -0

What do we do about websites that censor free speech? Is banning them out-right any better? I'm not sure it is. I'd rather see regulation to protect free speech on these platforms first. Non-compliance would incur heavy fines; continued non-compliance = national level ban.

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spezisacuckold 4 points ago +4 / -0

Reddit's shitting bricks right about now. China owns a significant chunk of it.

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AllAmericanAdonis 3 points ago +3 / -0

Their old theme worked perfectly on mobile so there is no reason OTHER THEN DATA COLLECTION/THEFT for them to have and push their app so hard.

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Burrito_Bandito 3 points ago +3 / -0

lol my daughter was using it when it was Musical.ly and then i noticed all the perverts. god rid of that quickly. tik tok is a cesspool but IMO instagram and twitter are even worse for society as a whole

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mintscape 3 points ago +3 / -0

DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!!!

These are a huge national security risk and that is why India had to ban them also.

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IForgotMyPw 3 points ago +3 / -0

Pleeeeeeeeeeease.

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Tonightm02 3 points ago +3 / -0

If India has blocked it then no reason that America cant block it.

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basket_of_patriots 2 points ago +2 / -0

Cut China out of our lives completely. More trouble than they are worth.

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Ku_Ku 2 points ago +2 / -0

Do it nikka. Fuck em

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Proud_American 2 points ago +2 / -0

Shit’s gotta go, dog.

Hell, what other consequences will china pay on top of this?

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mintscape 1 point ago +1 / -0

what other consequences will china pay on top of this?

Lots and lots more coming for sure. Trump has China by the balls as they need US dollars. The other option the CCP has is to let their currency freely float and then so many Chinese will just get their cash out of China.

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RealRedneck 2 points ago +2 / -0

Where else will I go to view Trump supporters? ... Seriously, there's a huge MAGA contingent on the tok.

jk, burn the sucker!

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Meatbank84 2 points ago +2 / -0

Dew it

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Law_Sam 2 points ago +2 / -0

All those medical workers posting their COVID care cases must have particularly been really funny to Beijing.

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Rugar22 2 points ago +2 / -0

This should include everything a Chinese company owns in the US. China needs to give everything away and GET OUT.

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CisSiberianOrchestra 2 points ago +2 / -0

DO IT!

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HeavyHebrew 2 points ago +2 / -0

but if tiktok gets banned how will ethots pimp their premium snapchat?

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jubyeonin 1 point ago +1 / -0

Instagram and Reddit. Nothing will change for them. If they have those extra users, they keep them.

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Flptplt 2 points ago +2 / -0

How about banning Chinese people from coming into America?

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kanabiis 2 points ago +2 / -0

Chess master, now real journalists are going to be asking what's in Tik Tok.

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MichaelGioIreland 2 points ago +2 / -0

TikTok thots cancelled

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TheStoneOfSisyphus 1 point ago +1 / -0

DO IT! Drop the hammer, Mr. President. If you're gonna go down, go down swinging like Jake LaMotta.

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nomoreprinkles 1 point ago +1 / -0

It was hard to break that 1776 up vote but needed to be done

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GhostOfMyFormerSelf 1 point ago +1 / -0

Kill it with Hell Fire!

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Ennius 1 point ago +1 / -0

I want it but I don't know how it can happen legally.

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Ennius 1 point ago +1 / -0

Directing what agency to do what exactly?

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Labyrinth9000 1 point ago +1 / -0

YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

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iIndianaJones 1 point ago +1 / -0

My 12-year old daughter will lose her shit, but oh well...

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learntocode 1 point ago +1 / -0

Even the brain dead democratic leadership should be able to see how corrosive this Chinese spyware bullshit is to our entire system. Everyone got together this week to shit on China for chimping out on Hong Kong - and even Pelosi was voted in favor of what Trump wanted: sanctions, removing Hong Kong from all sorts of special and normal business and international agreements between the island and the U.S. Come together and banish these fucking assholes and their totalitarian ware. Do it legally, be smart, but do it!

Any tech nerds claiming their share prices will take a hit by not being part of the Chinese economic miracle? Hang em high. We'll find another tech nerd.

I am training journalists to code every day and they are making gainz. Former OC Register and Chicago Tribune writers are learning the differences between ' and `

We are making real progress!

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RenaissanceOfHope 1 point ago +1 / -0

I used to have TikTok on my phone until I realized that it’s only full of TikTok dances, and it bans a bunch of things that I care about!

I love Reddit but I also understand that it’s not anywhere near the typical American.

But my country is the most important thing to me (it’s tied with my spirituality for 1-A).

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ChaseKilgannon 1 point ago +1 / -0

Please fucking do it. Comminist china can shove tiktok up its ass. Also it isn't even allowed in China cause they know it rots brains.

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learntocode 1 point ago +1 / -0

PLZ DOLAN PLZ NO

STFU XI

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tholins 1 point ago +1 / -0

Start with banning military members from using anything. (Not joking: fucking ban it)

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c0mpl3x 1 point ago +1 / -0

YES