Re:The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
by vineyardmike on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:30PM
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It’s incidental censoring. The content can and will move elsewhere, so it’s not preventing speech just limiting where it can go.
Yes the US has a mechanism to ban a company and that should apply to that company’s app. It’s just trade restrictions like with Huawei. Banning a website will be harder, but by banning advertisers from paying for ads it’ll destroy the profitability of serving American consumers.
Yes the US has a mechanism to ban a company and that should apply to that company’s app. It’s just trade restrictions like with Huawei. Banning a website will be harder, but by banning advertisers from paying for ads it’ll destroy the profitability of serving American consumers.