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[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 7 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

I suspect its being banned because of people using it in public without headphones or earbuds. I was submitted to that experience for an hour+ in a waiting room one time and now I fully supported the ban to prevent it from ever happening again.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

He's not Chinese.

Or so he says.

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago

They are all a security risk

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

China is an authoritarian government that is able to take direct control of any Chinese company. Like, explicitly. More or less all Chinese companies should be treated with suspicion.

Musk is a shithead but not, to our knowledge, an agent of a foreign hostile government. Turning twitter into a place that promotes hate speech is legally protected free speech, although specific statements that provoke violence may not be protected. Contrary to popular belief, there are many exceptions to free speech.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 8 points 15 hours ago

Musk is a shithead but not, to our knowledge, an agent of a foreign hostile government.

Correct. On Monday, he's going to be an agent to a domestic hostile government.

Almost all Lemmy users who happen to be in the US have been blessed so far with a government that generally is okay-ish, has some justice built in, and leaves them alone as long as they're not doing anything wrong. I think that might be about to change, and they're about to experience a China-style "you really have to be careful not to cross the powerful people" system instead.

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