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A ban on TikTok is not about the US government caring about their citizens. It's about a political enemy having access to data the US government also wants acce
by imiric 3y ago
A ban on TikTok is not about the US government caring about their citizens. It's about a political enemy having access to data the US government also wants access to.
If it was about preserving privacy or any moral argument, they would also ban domestic social media. They have no reason to do this since they already have access to domestic data.
A second reason might be to mitigate foreign influence and propaganda, but this is also rampant on domestic social media, and they apparently have no desire to prevent this either. This seems ludicrous to me, as these tools are the primary weapons of information warfare.
- miguelazo 3y agoIt's actually mostly about US tech companies (especially social media) being inferior in the market at this point. Most of the security concerns are actually just hyped up because Byte Dance ate their lunches.
- edgyquant 3y agoNo it isn’t and this is a Chinese talking point. All social media is a privacy nightmare, this one is a privacy nightmare controlled by a geopolitical adversary. This is common sense and no one can seriously pretend to not understand the difference.
- miguelazo 3y agoAh yes, must be a “Chinese talking point”. No sensible American could have come to that conclusion on their own. Thank you for illuminating us with your Serious analysis.
- toasted-subs 3y agoI can point out that as far as the result to our economy and health social media has been a dounle edged sword. I think people don't understand why you'd use and how to make it effective.
- afiori 3y agoBig brother does not like competition