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US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal (www.middleeasteye.net)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Call me a hopeless optimist, but maybe, just maybe, the next time they start calling something a security risk, we'll get less people parroting this same bullshit.

What do you mean, "Deepseek"?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've lived through enough of these fake security panics to know it only ever gets worse

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, Saddam's PS2s remain undefeated.