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New comment by rwietter in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

rwietter — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:49:09 +0000

But what about national security?? LMAO, political populism for the manipulable idiots.

New comment by rwietter in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

rwietter — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:47:04 +0000

Exactly, Americans want to voice their opinions whenever a foreign country considers banning or regulating an American social media platform. It's a clear double standard. The U.S. government banning foreign companies is fine, but when a foreign country bans an American company, it’s called censorship or something like that?

New comment by rwietter in "X reinstated in Brazil after complying with court demands"

rwietter — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:23:39 +0000

This is just a political fight to see who's got more power. Elon Musk isn’t really defending free speech — he follows authoritarian orders in other countries [1]. He’s just looking out for his own political interests and turning X into a playground for his political ideology.

And regarding the ban, yeah, there are definitely violations of free speech, just like in a bunch of other democracies, like the U.S., which banned TikTok [2].

[1]: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2024/04...

[2]: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246663779/biden-ban-tiktok-u...