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[–] Shameless@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Its hardly the same thing though, China never forced a social media company to sell up to stay based in China, there was no discussion it was just blocked. China has always been very insular, whilst that's not a good thing its at least consistent.

What the US is doing here is consistent that its "anti-China" but they have never tried to influence a company in this way, this is unprecedented, making a bill to intimidate and shut down a company is kind of insane.