Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner...
by basisword on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:55AM
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>> The idea that Americans aren't allowed to view "propaganda" is insane and very against the ideas of free speech.
It's odd that the people who are so adamant that we can't ban 'hate speech' because 'it's a slippery slope' don't seem to care that the government banning us from viewing content is also quite a serious slipper slope.
>> But I come online and there's so much support for banning an app who hires lots of devs in Silicon Valley itself.
It's a net-positive for all the people working at Facebook + Twitter which is where the eyeballs will be diverted to.
It's odd that the people who are so adamant that we can't ban 'hate speech' because 'it's a slippery slope' don't seem to care that the government banning us from viewing content is also quite a serious slipper slope.
>> But I come online and there's so much support for banning an app who hires lots of devs in Silicon Valley itself.
It's a net-positive for all the people working at Facebook + Twitter which is where the eyeballs will be diverted to.