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Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse by killingtime74 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:41AM (#35368537)
Are there social media moderation laws? No? Then maybe start there. Because you can ban Tik Tok and tomorrow I can start TokTok and do the same thing legally.

The only result is the government has been used to eliminate a competitor to Facebook, who cannot compete in the marketplace. Doesn't sound like protecting kids is the goal here.

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Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse by tuwtuwtuwtuw on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:25AM (#35370520)
> Because you can ban Tik Tok and tomorrow I can start TokTok and do the same thing legally.

For that to be a relevant argument you would have to amass some relevant user base. I wish you good luck.

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Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse by palata on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:01AM (#35370795)
> I can start TokTok and do the same thing legally.

Isn't that the whole idea here? I mean, with TokTok being a US company, obviously.

> Doesn't sound like protecting kids is the goal here.

Indeed.

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