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This whole situations is such a sad clown show. There was a legitimate debate to be had about the dangers of TikTok and the importance of free speech. Do we ba
by Buttons840 10mo ago
This whole situations is such a sad clown show.
There was a legitimate debate to be had about the dangers of TikTok and the importance of free speech. Do we ban TikTok and squash free speech, or is free speech of supreme importance, even if it means allowing a dangerous foreign app--these were the questions of a few years ago.
So what happened? Let's recap:
Congress passed a law banning TikTok. Free speech was trampled.
The Supreme Court upheld the ban. Free speech was trampled again.
Then, the law just doesn't get enforced. The dangers of TikTok remain.
Everyone loses and the entire political process around this has been a joke.
We've learned that Congress can just ban apps by name, effectively, and yet the great danger that made us cross this line in the first place remains in use under the control of China.
- StackRanker3000 10mo agoFree speech by foreign governments (or controlled by foreign governments) has never been protected by the US constitution, right? I do agree that Trump, in both his administrations, has made it starkly clear that its checks and balances are quite impotent against a person or party that doesn’t care to follow the rules, so long as they have enough supporters that also don’t care, or are misled
- Buttons840 10mo agoI mean free speech the ideal, not free speech the law. Obviously the law can be contrary to free speech the ideal, in this case.