@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoTikTok sues the US government over banwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1373
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoOh no, should we ban Facebook because the US government can subpoena them for information!?!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-27 months agoFirst, that’s materially different. Second, yes; I think Facebook giving the government our information without a fight is bad. What, did you think I would suddenly think the dissolution of our privacy was good because it was an American company?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoOh that’s different than when the Chinese government serves a subpoena?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months ago when the Chinese government serves a subpoena We’re not talking about subpoenas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoSo we’re talking about some other official demand for documents? Like an NSA warrant?
Oh no, should we ban Facebook because the US government can subpoena them for information!?!
First, that’s materially different. Second, yes; I think Facebook giving the government our information without a fight is bad. What, did you think I would suddenly think the dissolution of our privacy was good because it was an American company?
Oh that’s different than when the Chinese government serves a subpoena?
We’re not talking about subpoenas.
So we’re talking about some other official demand for documents? Like an NSA warrant?