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the difference is that the US is using spying to stop people from doing illegal things. China is using spying to silence/monitor anyone who disagrees with it's government.

Yes, both countries are definitely spying on people via social media apps. But what they're using it for is different.

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Both governments use spying to stop people from doing things they made illegal in their countries.

I'm not here to argue the Chinese government is better than the US one. It's absolutely and unquestionably worse.

But from a perspective in Europe they're both foreign governments that I have no say in and that are not here for my best interest.

If you really have European interests at heart, you would be banning both American and Chinese apps to give room for your incumbents to rise.

I've made that argument a few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755863

>the difference is that the US is using spying to stop people from doing illegal things.

I don't think this is entirely accurate...

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