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minus-square@FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•4 months agoYes, and that’s why US companies aren’t banned by the US. The foreign power having so much propaganda power was the danger.
minus-square@dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink7•4 months agoSo if an American company collects user data and sells it on the open market to a hostile foreign nation, and accepts money to run propaganda, that’s A-OK?
minus-square@FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•4 months agoThat capitalism baby! I suppose Congress can at least control who Facebook et al. are selling to through sanctions and such.
minus-square@dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink2•4 months agoThey could but they haven’t, so this ban is just racist economic protectionism.
minus-square@FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-24 months agoI’m not sure what race has to do with economic protectionism, but it’s really a combination of all of the above.
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•4 months agoSame reason why China bans a shitload of sites. It’s fine when you do it to your own citizens
Yes, and that’s why US companies aren’t banned by the US. The foreign power having so much propaganda power was the danger.
So if an American company collects user data and sells it on the open market to a hostile foreign nation, and accepts money to run propaganda, that’s A-OK?
That capitalism baby! I suppose Congress can at least control who Facebook et al. are selling to through sanctions and such.
They could but they haven’t, so this ban is just racist economic protectionism.
I’m not sure what race has to do with economic protectionism, but it’s really a combination of all of the above.
Same reason why China bans a shitload of sites. It’s fine when you do it to your own citizens