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I should hope we hold ourselves to a higher bar than China. This would effectively set the precedent that the US Congress can choose winners and losers in the m
by bink 2y ago
I should hope we hold ourselves to a higher bar than China. This would effectively set the precedent that the US Congress can choose winners and losers in the market and even force a sale of a foreign company to an American company. That's the type of action taken by Russia and China that is rightfully condemned.
I'd prefer if we focused on why the app is dangerous and maybe pass some comprehensive privacy or anti-monopoly legislation that removes the danger rather than playing whack-a-mole with whatever company has attracted the most attention at the time.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> should hope we hold ourselves to a higher bar than China We do. TikTok.com won't be blocked here the way Facebook and Google are in China.
- Buttons840 2y agoIf TikTok tells users "our app is being banned, so just use the website instead", I predict America will move towards a national firewall. Let's see, it will be interesting to look back on these comments in a decade.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> If TikTok tells users "our app is being banned, so just use the website instead", I predict America will move towards a national firewall Sure, yes, it can always get worse. The point is it isn't, and we're nowhere close to false comparisons with the CCP.
- LordKeren 2y agoThe forced sale of Grindr already demonstrated this precedent
- bink 2y agoAs I recall Grindr was sold to a Chinese company without going through a legally required review process. That's a bit different than a Chinese company providing their own service in the US.
- duxup 2y agoNo my reasoning would simply be applying the same rules that China applies to US companies for social media. Good for the goose…
- deciplex 2y ago> This would effectively set the precedent that the US Congress can choose winners and losers in the market No it wouldn't, as that precedent is already set. And, not only do they choose winners, but individual members of Congress freely profit off those choices.
- qp11 2y agoThe US is a weird ass country cause everything has been privatized. The banks, insurance, energy, water, food, health, telcos, the railways etc etc Very few countries across the world do that. Govts usually own a chunk of the largest firms in strategic sectors and have seats on the board. Look at Boeing/Airbus ownership and the outcomes. Its just easier to influence large corps when you own them. If you don't own them then Boeing is the latest example in a long line up of large corps, showing everyone how they skirt whatever law and regulation the govt passes.