What world are you living in where a US tech company was held accountable for something they've done with our data?.....

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If the sell they'd sell it to Microsoft/Apple/Amazon/Oracle/Google/(and most likely) Meta.

I mean yeah those American companies are Chinese shills too because they sell so much user data to Chinese companies, but they are still American companies.

Then maybe we should be addressing American social media companies selling our data to Chinese companies as well...it's literally the same thing with a few extra steps...and possibly a bit more treasonous...

You're aware that Facebook sells our data to Chinese companies right? Like they openly do this.

If Tik Tok was a Meta company, China would still be getting the data....just with a price tag attached, and we still couldn't opt out do anything about.

So you're right...the American companies are worse because if China is a hostile nation then these American companies are committing Treason in these well-documented and undisputed sales of American user data to Chinese companies.

Maybe we do need to look at the American companies for a minute...

They don't mind if data is harvested here then sold to China.

...just like Meta does constantly...

But we're only talking about Tik Tok when Meta has been involved is some very heinous privacy breaches.

This isn't whataboutism, it's asking if we're trying to solve the problem or not. Because forcing divestment in Tik Tok while not enforcing anti trust laws and data regulation on Meta means you aren't trying to solve the problem.

Do you have any idea how much user data Facebook WILLINGLY sells to Chinese companies? Yet that ban that's suspiciously missing from any proposed laws.

Let's just not lie about it, this is a move by the government to "bail out" Meta.

Him being the owner also means he could be a continued asshole to the poor guy. If that truly is his property, he could press charges for trespassing and this asshat seems just like the kind of...pleasant...person to do that.

Or like, I dunno, ask kindly?

If it's his property it's his property, fair play, but don't attack the dude over it. If you want him to leave, ask nicely and if the guy makes a scene about it then get the authorities involved.

That's the thing, about 90% of these videos I've seen the person going full Karen doesn't have any legal reason to be involved. This is the first time I've seen one of these where it's the actual land owner (not that it makes him less shitty) and not some rando walking on the street.

The Pismo pier area is great (if not too crowded) during the day but gets really sketchy at night.

There's a reason all the locals go to Morro or Avila.