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The government doesn't care about addictive anything, this is about control and access. If they cared about life or citizens in general they would fix healthcar
by bastardoperator 2y ago
The government doesn't care about addictive anything, this is about control and access. If they cared about life or citizens in general they would fix healthcare and maybe introduce any kind of gun control. This is the same government that was slanging cocaine in the 1980's...
- wry_discontent 2y agoMultiple reps publicly said TikTok needed to be banned because they couldn't control the narrative around Gaza as easily. TikTok is the only platform I regularly see content about Gaza fed from the algorithm.
- unethical_ban 2y agoI'd be interested in a source for that.
- westernmostcoy 2y agohttps://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senato...
- seventhtiger 2y agohttps://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-gallag https://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-g... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-facebook-instagram-gaza-hastags/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok-ban-progressive-politics-activism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok... https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palestine-republicans/ https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palest... https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/23/dissecting-the-tiktok-problem https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-hamas-war-gaza.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-ha...
- nashashmi 2y agohttps://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mccaul-issues-statement-on-bill-addressing-critical-tiktok-threat/ https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mcca... "enormous threat to U.S. national security and young Americans’ mental health ... capable of mobilizing the platform’s users to a range of dangerous, destabilizing actions. The Senate must pass this bill and send it to the president’s desk immediately.”
- bastardoperator 2y agoYou mean people are waking up to these atrocities and are displeased? Sounds like freedom of press to me...
- eleveriven 2y agoWhen I come to such conclusions about governments, I feel sad.