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margalabargala | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
From the perspective of the Chinese government, yes.

I would say America has as much right to be upset at China blocking American websites within its borders, as China has to be upset at the US blocking Tiktok within its borders.

wonnage | parent
Is China upset about this? This just seems to be a huge American self-own (pun intended).
margalabargala | root | parent
I don't see the downside to Americans as a result of this. Meanwhile, China lost a valuable propaganda tool.

Or, would have. It's all a moot point now that the appeal to Trump's ego worked.

mardifoufs | root | parent | next
The downside is mostly in terms of PR. But I agree that Americans and American media would still probably call any foreign ban on Facebook or youtube "censorship". Or would say that Chinese style bans on foreign social media is wrong - except when they do it. So I guess I agree, there's no big downside for Americans.
wonnage | root | parent | next
You sound like someone who doesn't use TikTok and therefore isn't affected by this anyway. So your opinion doesn't matter
gordinator_g | root | parent
Extrapolating your logic, I am not currently in a war-zone therefore my opinions on war don't matter. I'm not a politician so I shouldn't have political opinions.
LtWorf | root | parent
They are just shifting to one propaganda tool (tiktok) to another (fb). For the american citizen nothing changes.