Given that the US is generally more libertarian and more suspicious of their own executive branch than most other western countries, I'm a bit surprised that the reaction to the impending TikTok geoblock isn't just: "Well, my VPN is running anyways, might as well set it to France now."
Also that they'd rather download yet another Chinese app rather than just a VPN app.
[#]TikTok #TikTokBan #RedNote #VPN
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@Sven From my understanding, the data for US accounts is housed on US shores int he Oracle cloud and a VPN doesn't help if they shut down those servers.
https://usds.tiktok.com/where-does-tiktok-store-u-s-user-data/
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@Sqlgene Might be true for existing accounts that have already been linked to a country, but if I created a new account with an IP from England, I can't think of anything that would prevent me from doing so. 😄
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@Sven That's my understanding as well. Probably a nightmare if you wanted to retain any following or re-upload any videos, I would imagine.
Occams razor says that installing an explicitly communist app and learning Mandarin is a much funnier FU to the government.
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@Sqlgene @Sven What's this "learning" you speak of and why do you assume we do it?
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@JTO_is_Typing They're referring to the fact that many downloaded Rednote, which – as far as I know – is an app by the Chinese government with, so far, mainly Mandarin content.
The bit where Americans are "learning Mandarin" now (to participate in the app) is, by my reading, primarily a joke.
Feel free to correct me, @Sqlgene 😄
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@Sven @JTO_is_Typing correct. The UI is in Mandarin. Some people just use Google translate. Some people are jokingly learning it on Duolingo.
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@Sven @Sqlgene I hadn't heard about Rednote.
But, I'd still say we aren't learning.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/in-upholding-the-tiktok-ban-scotus-compromises-and-with-it-the-first-amendment/
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