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There’s no consequences. It’s only positives.
by throwaway2990 3y ago
There’s no consequences. It’s only positives.
- ThinkBeat 3y agoIs this a principle then? The state should ban whatever apps the state dislikes and it would be for the best its population? Or is it just good for TikTok?
- api 3y agoFirst of all TikTok isn’t an app. It’s a service. The app is just a front end. Everything important is on their servers. (Analogy: the web browser is the app I am using. HN is a web site.) There are three reasons I see to ban this: The service is hosted by a Chinese company with links to the Chinese state, so there are obvious security concerns. They are downloading a massive dossier on US citizens and serving propaganda directly to everyone using the service. China would not let the US do this. There are also obvious social concerns around what TikTok is: insanely addictive slop. All social media is that, but TikTok is everything bad about social distilled and purified. It’s like crack to Meta and YouTube’s coke. Same drug, different potency. Lastly and probably most clearly: there is a trade issue. China bans US companies from doing this in their market, so we should ban their companies. Free trade must be reciprocal. My biggest concern with this proposal is how. I’ve seen some very concerning stuff about using this as a gateway to introduce state censorship of platforms. That’s my concern. TikTok can die in a fire with all addictionware.