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progressoid

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29. Indirectly, we do.

Thu Mar 14, 2024, 03:25 AM

Mar 14

Guess what app is more popular in the US than Tik Tok?

TEMU!

A Congressional report published Thursday offered a blistering critique of popular Chinese retailers Shein and Temu, with lawmakers accusing the latter of failing to maintain “even the façade of a meaningful compliance program” that seeks to prevent goods made by forced labor from being sold on its platform.

In the report, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said Temu’s business model essentially allows the company to avoid responsibility in complying with a U.S. law that block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without forced labor.

“American consumers should know that there is an extremely high risk that Temu’s supply chains are contaminated with forced labor,” the report said.

....https://apnews.com/article/temu-shein-forced-labor-china-de7b5398c76fda58404abc6ec5684972

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Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections [View all] brooklynite Mar 12 OP

Nothing good comes out of TikTok IronLionZion Mar 12 #1

And you think meta and musk are not selling information to China? PortTack Mar 12 #11

Ex-TikTok executive says Chinese government used app to locate, identify Hong Kong protesters BlueWavePsych Mar 12 #13

Banning Tik Tok would be very stupid. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #2

All you said. Well stated. twodogsbarking Mar 12 #3

A ban isn't really on the table quite yet Johnny2X2X Mar 12 #4

I don't see how that's possible SouthernDem4ever Mar 12 #5

What makes you say China is better at capitalism than the US? IronLionZion Mar 12 #8

We keep having to put up trade barriers Voltaire2 Mar 12 #12

Vulture and exploitive fucking capitalism with the near slave goddamn work force and all that other fuck shit. SoFlaBro Mar 12 #19

I honestly don't know how this doesn't apply to both Chinese capitalism and the US system. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #20

Depending on industry, US does have some safety/quality/labor regulations IronLionZion Mar 12 #21

Well sure, mostly left over from the pre-Reagan system. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #22

The US doesn't employ slave labor. SoFlaBro Mar 13 #25

Capitalism is a global economic system. nt. Voltaire2 Mar 13 #26

Indirectly, we do. progressoid Mar 14 #29

Agree! PortTack Mar 12 #10

So force divestiture. Igel Mar 12 #15

So no Chinese corporations can do business in the US? Voltaire2 Mar 12 #16

Seems a little hypocritical to me ThreeNoSeep Mar 12 #6

THIS!!! 1000 times THIS!!!! nt Shipwack Mar 12 #9

The article isn't about private data, or control of TikTok; it's about the Chinese government having TikTok accounts muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 #14

Lots of governments have or had Xitter accounts. Likely lots have tik tok accounts. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #17

I can't tell from the report if they meant accounts that were openly government-controlled muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 #18

Social media is flooded with bots from lots of sources Voltaire2 Mar 12 #24

A quick check into the actual reasons WHY these GOP lawmakers want to ban TikTok ThreeNoSeep Mar 12 #23

The Chinese government is using TikTok to meddle in elections, ODNI says BlueWavePsych Mar 12 #7

I don't think tik tok is our worst worry in that department. Scrivener7 Mar 13 #27

Ban them ASAP NoodleyAppendage Mar 13 #28

Get rid of it. rockfordfile Mar 14 #30