Microsoft and Google have indian CEOs so they can penetrate the billion people market (indians are deeply patriotic, and it plays into overall brand loyalty) and these companies plan lower costs while doing so.
What's a few million dollar paid for a (specifically chosen for the purpose) CEO, when you can make billions by using it to gain grounds in a emerging market.
Win-Win
That's the thing. You don't know. Nobody knows except the CCP. That's the problem.
But you do about every other social media platform?
Fake news is not exclusive to a single platform. Teach your family about reputable news sources and stop trying to shoehorn US propaganda down everyone's throats like it makes you look smart. Tiktok learned everything it does by the likes of facebook, Google and Twitter.
Why do you think US social media is everywhere all over the world with near instant or sometimes even get higher bandwidth preference in some countries? If you don't think the US government has nothing to do with the level of complexities that entails dealing with local governments/infrastructure and planning, then I guess "ignorance is a bliss", and I hope the US government will bring you peace and much freedumb. Don't complain when they come in blasting tho.
This reads so much like Apple marketing talk. Just call any criticism bullshit and let the anectodes and fanboys circlejerk. Add "Apple also gives cuddly gifts to kids sometimes", and you're golden.
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if only kbin could keep itself up without bugging out after every few clicks.
The smell is strong with this one!
The amount of downvotes these posts get for wanting basic human rights says a lot about the brigading that goes on online.
If small communities like lemmy are affected, think how bad it is in major platforms.
What your country has been openly doing the world over just became the law so they don't need to keep it a secret anymore.
Snowden was a decade ago and if you're asking "what happened to my country" now, I guess you are just ignorant about much horrible things that your country does.
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Climate Scientist/Researchers: Cruise ship industry are not environmentally friendly and help accelerate climate change.
These scientists:
It was free until last year, but the "enlightened" people repeating whatever they feel like, to shit on someone else's work isn't something new.