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wrsh07 | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
This is an absolutely unhinged take. The US doesn't allow more than 25% foreign ownership of broadcast media. That's not some "free speech" violation. If a foreigner wants to say something, they have many ways to do it. But they don't have those privileged ways.
Aerroon | parent
But would you want the rest of the world to operate the same way?

If ycombinator wants to show HN to somebody in Germany then they would have to spin off a company owned by Germans to be able to show HN there? Same for France and the other 170-200 countries in the world.

This is obviously an unreasonable way for the internet to work.

wrsh07 | root | parent
Sorry what?

I'm pretty sure HN is accessible in Germany.

Are you trying to say there's some utilitarian principle where countries should allow companies from other countries to operate unrestricted?

I'm a fan of free trade! That's a good thing! But tolerance is not a moral precept. We don't have to allow companies that report to hostile foreign governments to operate!

Even among friendly nations, the European governments are fairly opinionated about how US tech companies are allowed to operate in Europe.