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| August 7, 2020

The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth by Sarah Jeong (The Verge)

The battle over TikTok’s ownership is only one part of a much larger war. The US, China, and Russia have adopted a philosophy of “information-nationalism,” where telling lies about your own country strengthens it, and telling the truth about other countries weakens them. This is an enormous change from the US’s previous internet policy — and likely a bad one.

Glad that Sarah is writing again. ‘This is not to say: "Companies good; government bad." Rest assured, everyone and everything is bad. It’s bad all the way down.’