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The 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 questi
by AlexandrB 4y ago
The 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.