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> It's why a Tiktok sale was forced.

I think that has more to do with controlling narratives that the USG doesn't like.

Ever see a tiktok about may 35?

I don't use TikTok, but a cursory search shows that there's a #tiananmensquare tag that has a few thousand videos, including many about the protests and Tank Man. So while I haven't seen a TikTok about it, someone has.

I don't (could be wrong) think other American's seeing content on American TikTok is relevant to China's censorship of what Chinese people see in China

I don't think that's what the person I was replying to was saying, though.

Why should that mean that Americans should prefer that TikTok restrict narratives unfavoraroble to American oligarchs?

What do you think the Chinese would use Tiktok for if Taiwan heated up again?

Versus the next obvious trap after Iran that dear leader stumbles into?

The China fearmongering doesn't really work in this case, our own government wants the ability to lie to and manipulate us about everything continuously.

Relevance?

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