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I don't like this. TikTok is certainly a national security threat and it should absolutely be heavily restricted via sweeping privacy regulation that applies to
by internetter 2y ago
I don't like this. TikTok is certainly a national security threat and it should absolutely be heavily restricted via sweeping privacy regulation that applies to all US tech companies, however the government has failed to implement privacy regulation while allowing TikTok's unfettered growth. Consequently, it has allowed the platform to become the place for free speech and exchange of ideas by the country's youth, and hence this cold turkey removal is a direct assault on their freedom.
This decision could set a dangerous president, pulling us towards a future of authoritarianism where only government approved communication channels are permitted.
- reaperducer 2y agoU.S. courts are not "the government." They are a part of the government. It's not the court's job to "implement privacy regulation." That's the legislative branch's job. The U.S. government is designed this way on purpose -- so that no one part of the government is more powerful than the other. I assume you're not an American, because this is generally taught in elementary school.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoThe job of the court is not to decide if this law is the best possible solution.
- hn_acker 2y agoWhen strict scrutiny is involved, (which it is, because there are many US users of TikTok using their First Amendment rights) it IS the court's job to decide whether the law is the "least restrictive means" [1] of solving the problem that the legislators claim to be solving. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny