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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

As someone who doesn't live in the US:

The data from google and facebook is hoarded by a foreign nation (the US is basically a quasi-democratic plutocracy which also has extremely extensive surveillance both legally and agencies caught working in grey areas) to boost surveillance and that is pretty blatant about their espionage and political propaganda. We get US political right wing propaganda on these platforms all over the rest of the world.

There is a difference of course, but the gap is closing significantly every few years.