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Because I (a citizen) might want to access the information provided by this service. I (an individual) would be happy to see TikTok banned, along with Twitter/
by t1kt0kaway 6y ago
Because I (a citizen) might want to access the information provided by this service.
I (an individual) would be happy to see TikTok banned, along with Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/etc, because I see them as vain wastes of time with a sinister twist. But I've also met teenagers, and even been one! So I can guess how they might respond to a government-imposed ban on a new and interesting vice.
And I (a citizen) am deeply suspicious of being told that I must not know something. It smells like corruption and tyranny. The belief that knowledge should be free is tattooed on my soul (and my skin).
Tit-for-tat only works in the absence of moral imperatives.
- sebmellen 6y agoGiven your username and how recently your account was created, I can't help but be a bit wary. Not that I disagree with what you've written in principle.
- logicchains 6y agoMaybe they were just afraid to post under their real name because they'd be attacked by jingoistic, hypocritical Americans who think censorship and anti-free-market practices are fine if the US does it but evil if another country does.
- jasonlfunk 6y agoBut it isn’t about you not knowing something, it’s about the Chinese government knowing things through TikTok.