This is old news - https://www.voanews.com/a/efforts-by-us-to-crack-down-on-tiktok-spark-backlash-against-israel/7535577.html https://www.voanews.com/a/efforts-

This is old news - https://www.voanews.com/a/efforts-by-us-to-crack-down-on-tiktok-spark-backlash-against-israel/7535577.html https://www.voanews.com/a/efforts-by-us-to-crack-down-on-tik... Has to be seen in larger context of the Attention Wars. There is now more content then eyeballs by a massive margin. The UN report on the Attention Economy quotes a study that says less than 0.5% of content produced is being consumed by a human. In such a abnormal state of surplus Content, how does anyone get noticed? There are just 2 options - 1. Spend more on ads. (This is something all politicians know cause the winner of every single American Presidential Election is the candidate who spent more on Ads on Broadcast Media. Atleast up until Trump+Zuckerbergs algos allowed a different path to Attention Capture. The algos were quickly rectified. See Twitter Files from Matt Taibbi. So when the elites talk about democracy and tell you to vote ask them to pay you instead of the lobbyists, politicians and zuck) 2. Control what the Platforms do. If the platforms dont bend make them. See Modi in India. Bigger question than Tik Tok bans is why are we producing so much Content? If there are more producers than consumers. And the producers are causing every growing content growth, and all locked in an arms race for non growing attention what is the Purpose of such a system?