[Angelino97]

With China, there is no such thing as dissenting voices. We can try to get TikTok under American control, at least our version of it.

"American control" means control by the same Silicon Valley tech oligarchs who deplatformed conservatives.

I've never used TikTok, but I'm sure China allows Americans -- even conservatives -- to post things that Facebook/Google would ban.

The more sources of info -- and the more diverse the owners -- the better.

[adorno]

I've never used TikTok, but I'm sure China allows Americans -- even conservatives -- to post things that Facebook/Google would ban.

TikTok is he CCP, and as such, it will allow all kinds of American opinion to get through. That's because, China wants to know (or spy) on everything and every thought that Americans put forth. It's how they learn about how to target people and what messaging to send back, such as the poisoning that they advance. If you don't understand the thinking, you don't know how to address it in the future and you don't know how to change it.

Google and others may ban/block some conservative messaging, but, that messaging has a way to get through via other sites or via TV/radio/internet/newspapers and magazines; the Chinese only have the CCP messaging, not matter what type of media they use. Do the Chinese have a FOX news, for example, or an X/Twitter site or an FR site?