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		satellites on March 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senate Bill to Ban TikTok Can you explain how TikTok (a Chinese “psyop”) is more harmful to the average citizen than Facebook or Instagram (a corporate American “psyop?”) Can you explain how TikTok is more harmful to the average citizen than the constant mass shootings that happen in the U.S.? Touch grass, indeed.

henriquez on March 29, 2023 [–]

Because China is dumb and bans all U.S. tech companies from doing business in China? Why should we let their tech companies do business here?

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