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Seriously though, why haven't we banned TikTok yet? There is no legitimate reason to allow them to keep pushing disinfo here. There are already tons of replacem
by Dig1t 4y ago
Seriously though, why haven't we banned TikTok yet? There is no legitimate reason to allow them to keep pushing disinfo here. There are already tons of replacements lined up ready to replace it, it would not hurt anyone in the US at all to ban it.
- AlexandrB 4y agoThe US government is working on it by giving themselves sweeping new powers to throw you in jail for using apps that are not approved. This answers your question: the harm banning it does is the laws that will be pushed to make it happen. Meanwhile, as you said, Instagram stands ready to show the same kind of content to teenagers if TikTok goes away. I suspect the actual harm reduction will be minimal.
- discardedrefuse 4y agohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/could-tiktok-ban-bill-criminalize-vpn-use-the-eff-says-its-not-impossible/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/could-tiktok-ban... Who wants to bet e2ee capable apps hit the ban list next? All tech companies are gonna be hit with a "backdoor or ban" ultimatum from the US.
- mrguyorama 4y agoIt's perfectly possible to ban TikTok without making something like the RESTRICT act, which for once is aptly named.
- s0rce 4y agoWhy ban tiktok and not facebook + instagram?
- Dig1t 4y agoBecause Facebook and Instagram are not controlled by the CCP.
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- phendrenad2 4y agoBanning an app because it's controlled by a person or persons with ideas you don't like.
- Dig1t 4y agoThe CCP is more than "a person". The CCP is an adversarial government with a strong incentive to weaken the US. Talking about the CCP as if it were just some people with different ideas is not a good faith argument.
- Dah00n 4y agoBy that logic everything Made In The USA should be banned everywhere outside the US. Snowden proved that it is by far the worst offender and leaks have shown that Instagram is just as bad as TikTok, and they do it knowingly. All the anti-Tiktok reeks of racism.
- s0rce 4y agoFacebook was effectively taken over by Russia, while it wasn't run by them they facilitated it.
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- phendrenad2 4y agoHow strong of an incentive do we need to ban an app? Should we ban apps made in Brazil, because the BRICS nations are considering making an alternative to the US Dollar? That's pretty adversarial. Or maybe apps made in France or Japan, because some of their companies compete with ours (especially in telecom)? And what about people who get in the way of progress, such as anti-war protesters? Not a slippery slope argument, I just want people to think about where they draw the line. There are no wrong answers,.. just... tradeoffs.
- KaiserPro 4y agobut then the US would have to ban twitter and FB/Insta. IT would be better to have an enforceable set of licensing. But that wont happen because 1st amendment noises (rightly or wrongly. I'm not sure that corporations should really be treated as humans in this instance, but US case law thinks it should since the 70s.)