Comment on "The problem with TikTok is not whether it is based in China or the US. The problem with TikTok is TikTok." - (Tuta blog)
I thought tiktok wasn’t available in China?
Do they mean douyin or was it them using tiktok?
Citing tbe article that “the International Version of TikTok has a long history of suspending or suppressing users who share content criticizing the Chinese government,” it might refer to TikTok users outside China.
Yeah reading the article it seems like Douyin is where the people were disappearing and TikTok is where the videos were suppressed.
They’re both owned by Bytedance out of Beijing so it’s not really much of a distinction.
China critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons.
[…] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody.
You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
Authoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes.
That’s not really what we’re talking about here though
0x815@feddit.de 8 months ago
Citing tbe article that “the International Version of TikTok has a long history of suspending or suppressing users who share content criticizing the Chinese government,” it might refer to TikTok users outside China.
huginn@feddit.it 8 months ago
Yeah reading the article it seems like Douyin is where the people were disappearing and TikTok is where the videos were suppressed.
They’re both owned by Bytedance out of Beijing so it’s not really much of a distinction.
0x815@feddit.de 8 months ago
China critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons.
[…] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody.
You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
huginn@feddit.it 8 months ago
Authoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes.
That’s not really what we’re talking about here though