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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by jhallenworld on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:11PM (#35344412)
I'm subscribing to TYT's view on this: they want to ban TikTok because it gets young people to vote. The CCP angle is just a good excuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQK1LAtRh7Y

Republicans hate it because they lost both the president and the senate by thin margins due to this.

You would think Democrats would welcome this, but only a few do (AOC is one..), because they are corporate democrats and don't really want young people to vote in primaries.

Mainstream media will be on board since they don't want another competitor.

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by colpabar on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:32PM (#35344784)
I do not understand how anyone can listen to cenk uygur for more than 30 seconds and believe he is worth listening to. He sounds like an emotional teenager who just got into leftist politics and wants to stick it to his conservative parents.

I do enjoy compilations of him freaking out though.

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by jhallenworld on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:36PM (#35344852)
Who would you suggest as the voice of reason?
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by colpabar on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:03PM (#35345264)
No idea; I'm struggling with that question myself. Definitely not cenk though.
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by jhallenworld on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:10PM (#35345357)
At least it's worth listening to a variety of points of view. Yes, Cenk is annoying, but there are not so many far-left news sources available in the US these days.

Well, there is this chart:

https://adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/?utm_...

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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by spamlettuce on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:17PM (#35344504)
This is weak take
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by Miner49er on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:54PM (#35345124)
Isn't this backwards? AOC is against the TikTok ban and benefits the most from young people voting.
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Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet by Gunnerhead on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:34AM (#35353051)
Isn’t that what OP said?
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