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Drew Harwell Mar 23, 2023

New: This dissident uses the Chinese-owned app TikTok to criticize China’s government. A nationwide ban would suppress not just him but the First Amendment rights of 150 million U.S. accounts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/23/tiktok-ban-free-speech-chinese-journalist/ w/ @[email protected]

This dissident uses Chinese-owned TikTok to criticize China’s government

Kim Wong’s TikTok videos highlight the complicated reality of the push to ban one of the United States’ most popular apps.

The Washington Post

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@drewharwell @megatobin1 @drewharwell @megatobin1 One thing noticeable is people who support banning TikTok also believe Elon Musk should be able to ban anyone he wants because he's not Chinese. That's because the pro-ban TikTok people believe censorship is OK as long as it's done by a Republican.