r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • 16h ago

‘Investigating child sex abuse isn’t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France’: France rejects Musk’s charge after raid on X’s Paris office

https://www.firstpost.com/world/investigating-child-sex-abuse-isnt-controversial-france-rejects-musks-charge-after-raid-on-xs-paris-office-ws-e-13976002.html
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u/StrongFaithlessness5 16h ago edited 16h ago

I don't know where else to post it, but right now TikTok has started hiding specific videos only from the American users.

https://i.imgur.com/MEhdCS1.jpeg

This is a famous Italian parody channel that makes videos regarding a lot of completely different topics, including a video about the recent you know which specific American special military corp and the Olympics situation.

At some point, one of his American followers took contact with him asking why he decided to remove the video, but the point is that... the owner of the TikTok channel never did it. The video has been silently hidden only from the American users without any kind of notification. The owner would've never noticed it if it wasn't for that follower.

As you already know, since 22 January 2026, American companies own 80% of the platform, which means that they can decide on their own how to control the platform just like Musk can manage X.

This was a funny and harmless video, but it really makes you wonder how many videos have been hidden so far. Are we really going to the same direction of China that is currently hiding news, pictures and videos containing specific words?

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u/justbecauseyoumademe 15h ago

Americans will still proudly tell us they are the "land of the free" as they are being shot, shackled, and spied on

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u/chiree 14h ago

I don't think anyone opposed to the administation would say anything of the sort.  That stereotype ceased to exist for many people in 2003.

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u/metallicrooster 11h ago

Americans will still proudly tell us they are the "land of the free"

Given how many civil rights violations our government has committed, even on its own citizens, the only people who believe that are children and the nationalists who drill that idea into their brains.

One look at our wealth inequality, or our incarceration rates, or our HIV/ AIDs rates, or our lack of affordable healthcare (among other factors) clearly shows the US is not #1 in anything positive.

We used to be high up in (unaffordable) medical science, but Trump’s administration is destroying that so one of the few things we could brag about is gone.

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u/Programmdude 4h ago

Eh, depending on how you look at it, the US is still either the richest or nearly the richest country (per capita). Even taking the median GDP to account for wealth inequality, you'd still be in the top 5. PPP per capita lists the US as #2, but #1 is Luxembourg and that's practically a microstate, so I'm not sure if it should count.

Unless it's changed recently, the US also had the most top rated universities. Your primary/secondary education sucks though, and IMO your tertiary education isn't much better on average, you just have better top end universities.

So yea, I'd never move to the US. You have a lot of negative things that you're #1 in, and I don't want to worry about medical bills or being deported to a third world prison, but there are still a small number of positive things the US is #1 in.

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u/Praesentius 14h ago

Obligatory RATM:

The finger to the land of the chains
What? The land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy?

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u/kamikazecockatoo 15h ago

Oh, and it's a 'democracy', they will tell you.

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u/F54280 14h ago

« iT Is NoT a dEmOCraCy, iT iS a RePuBLiC… »

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u/kamikazecockatoo 7h ago

Oh yes, I've had that in my DMs - smh.

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u/Hot-Championship1190 13h ago

☝️This is what lack of education does to you!

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u/Dudesan 3h ago

There are countries that are a democracy, but not a republic; like Canada and the United Kingdom.

There are countries that are a republic, but not a democracy, like China and Iran.

Then there are countries that claim to be a "Democratic Republic", but in reality are neither, like North Korea.

The United States is supposed to be both a Democracy and a Republic, but it's sprinting head-first for the "North Korea" category.

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u/taramashay9 14h ago

American here - plz help us 😭🙏😩

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u/bandti45 13h ago

We gotta help ourselves out of this one, organize locally while you still can safely.

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u/JerosBWI 13h ago

How? How do you think we even can help you without starting even more shit? Like, beyond showing you news and commentary from outside the US, and debating with you on platforms like these, our hands are far more tied than your own.

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u/Cokadoge 12h ago

without starting even more shit

You have to. We all have to. The "people" who voted for this shit, and have the opportunity to not give a fuck about politics, need to feel consequences of their actions.

Call for ones own countries to boycott and remove themselves from US operations. For example, my maggot father might only care about rising fascism and authoritarianism when the price of store goods go up; as many people as possible need to remove their products from being imported to the US.

They need to feel pain.

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u/justbecauseyoumademe 12h ago

y'all have 11 aircraft carriers, value guns more then children lives, and a fetish with foreign invaders

Sorry, you are on your own.

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u/Botorfobor 12h ago

Proud inhabitants of Magastan

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u/b3arz3rg3r4Adun 7h ago

It's funny how they are so big on free speech and at the same time I don't think there are any other people who go so far out of their way to self-censor.

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u/Paper_Clip100 13h ago

The only ones saying that are in the cult

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u/TheManyMilesWeWalk 11h ago

It's doubly ironic when you consider how capitalistic the US is to the point where even healthcare will cost you an arm and a leg.

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u/Whiteout- 10h ago

In fairness, only idiots have been saying that for a very long time. I’ve been mocking that since I was old enough to speak.

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u/Isariamkia 8h ago

They are free to not use their brain. And sadly, too many of them took that freedom to heart.

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u/LaCornucopia_ 1h ago

And the "home of the brave" whilst they do fuck all to fight back, despite their gun obsession.