New accounts on issues like this always make me wary of the 50cent party (kind of a case-in-point example of the kind of nation state influence operations and risk). [0]
It shouldn’t have gotten to this level, but it’s where we are. Users will move to reels or something else that takes its place without the national security risk.
I don’t even know what “reels” is. TikTok clone?
And, yeah, I can see the apprehension regarding the new account.
It's it's the meta/instagram tiktok clone.
It's a clone, but you can't directly compare one social network to another like that. There are differences in the culture and community that won't necessarily survive being transplanted.
I don’t claim there is nothing lost, only that the cost is worth it on net.
An even simpler threshold is that banning it is a reasonable position to hold given the issue even if one may disagree.
Millions use TikTok. To them, you’re not removing their “adversary”, you’re removing their fun.
From the outside, this looks like the United States is controlling the media - something it’s already accused of by 1/2 of Americans.
This action will reiterate that for some and make it true for more.