It’s mostly a question of which set of rules we want to use at an international stage. The Chinese proposal isn’t a happy one and we shouldn’t just allow space for it “because they are big”
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Replying to @thijsniks @justusbruns
I found this Congress testimonial by Daniel Tobin on the strategic/ideological competition under Xi Jinping interesting too btw https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/testimonies/SFR%20for%20USCC%20TobinD%2020200313.pdf …
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Replying to @thijsniks @justusbruns
I consider China to be similar to the Soviet Union: Large, powerful, and built on an incompatible ideology. We should cooperate where it makes sense and fight when it threatens the global system.
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Replying to @thijsniks @justusbruns
That fight should have real consequences: Banning TikTok, not allowing Huawei to build out our 5G networks, etc. In the same way that they have already done the reverse for 30 years.
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Replying to @thijsniks @justusbruns
Are you in favor of banning tiktok? On what grounds? ‘It’s big’ seems too simple, especially given the size of FB.
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Replying to @PanMan @justusbruns
If 80% of all European teenagers would watch 2 hours of Soviet Union television every night, we would ban that tv station. Same with TikTok. While the content is user generated, the Chinese algorithm determines what you see.
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Replying to @thijsniks @justusbruns
So should the EU let FB have that kind of power with FB, insta, and (less algorithmic ) whatsapp ? Sure that is a bigger portion of time spend.
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Replying to @PanMan @justusbruns
Depends on the risk profile. How much risk is there in the product? What is the track record of the company? Do we trust the government?
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In the same way that we are ok with teenagers watching MTV or BBC — different risk profile
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That solves a different problem from the propaganda one
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