TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to know

Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by tibbydudeza on Friday May 19, 2023 @06:19AM (#35999850)

Or vendors that currently sell cases and repair screens will then offer a service to sideload such apps for teens and install who knows what other stuff on phones for a fee from a customer and malware vendors.

The Prohibition did now work back then and only made the Mafia rich and made them push drugs when it was lifted.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by egorfine on Friday May 19, 2023 @08:41AM (#36001188)

Exactly. This is what happened here.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by mrguyorama on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:25PM (#36004524)

Except prohibition did exactly what it was designed to do. At the start of prohibition, alcohol consumption dropped to 30% of what it was before, and even after people figured out the loopholes and tried working around it, alcohol consumption peaked at like 65% of previous consumption, which was massive.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by ultrarunner on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:40PM (#36004694)

If the actual goal was to improve safety, health, and quality of life in perpetuity, I’m skeptical that it did what it was designed to do. A law that simply imprisoned everyone might also improve some metrics, but at great cost. The argument is presumably that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

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Re:TikTok is now banned in Montana: here’s what you need to ... by williamcotton on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:53PM (#36007257)

Isn’t this like banning Tsingtao but leaving literally everyone other brand of beer, wine and liquor on the shelves?

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