• TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The People’s Republic of China has banned Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, etc). Brazil has banned Twitter and the European Union is considering it.

      • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        29 days ago

        Well, TikTok refused to abide by the law saying they had to be sold to a US company, which is why they’re being banned, so it’s technically the same situation, if for different reasons.

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          29 days ago

          Not really, Brazil’s demand was to stop spreading seditious material and to engage with their court system.

          The American law is to bar them from the market. Reducing that to “follow the law” is a bit disingenuous.

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        29 days ago

        It really doesn’t. Banning Tiktok is banning certain types of speech. Same goes for Twitter/X and Meta. It’s like banning a book because it was heavily influenced by an adversary country.

        Brazilians and Europeans should be very angry about doing anything that resembles banning speech.