I would like to understand your position. China doesn't allow US apps. If Chinese apps are allowed, then China has a big advantage over USA.
Do you understand what kind of information can be derived from 150 million smart phones?
Do you understand what kind of information can be derived from 150 million smart phones?
(For anyone out of the loop, see https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-backs-far-right-afd-in-contr...)
And in this case they are known to be exceptionally ruthless and part of Trump's administration.
Too bad. Sucks that you got beat at your own game.
I think you're trying to describe Twitter and the other "conservative" media sources? These are for entertainment, but traditionally would advertise whoever paid them. Now the companies have been purchased or created to spread misinformation.
Meta won't tinker with the algorithm to push propaganda. TikTok will.
TikTok had a huge negative impact on special interest groups that want to continue to allow the holocaust of our days to continue happening and the genocidal state to continue to behave with impunity.
The U.S. is already infiltrated by people working for foreign interests. The thing is, it's not infiltrated by China's or Russia's operatives.
Would you not expect the rules to be different?
If it's only about reciprocity and global hegemony, well then...
United States is classified as a flawed democracy. Partly because sweeping decisions like this one are made by Supreme Court Justices who nobody voted for and who hold their position for life.
Or maybe that's what you meant and you were being sarcastic with the quotation marks around "bastion of democracy"?
As in, due to their official stance, we should not expect reciprocity at all.
But you did pique my curiosity, where did you get that list of "full democracies"?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
A number of democratic countries have residual symbolic figureheads.
In Canada the monarch is the judicial branch. Ministers are appointed and dismissed by the monarch. Parliament can be adjourned by the monarch.
When was they last time these things weren't rubber stamped?
What do you suppose would happen should the symbolic monarch not rubber stamp procedure?
Why is it that Canada, et al are regarded in the world as "full democracies" whereas the US is ramked a bit lower as a "flawed democracy"?
( See: peer comment with wikipedia link to democratic rankings )
You could say it is a bastion of liberty but I'm from Europe and women here have reasonable abortion and sexuality rights.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Inde...
I wouldn't refer to USA as very democratic or China as a center of human rights violation.
If there is no blanket ban, there would have to be many laws, rules, regulations and restrictions prohibiting the software from government buildings, etc.
In addition to the data points: contacts, location, audio, video, etc, malicious actors can learn a lot through deduction. That's before any sort of manipulation.
Historically speaking the biggest threat by far to the lives and livelihood of US citizens is the US government and corporate elite. Giving them more power to control what information the population can access is much more dangerous to the average American than giving the Chinese government some data.