House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app

Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by toofy on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:50PM (#39699828)

i have to be honest here:

> can freely operate the most powerful propaganda weapon humankind has known against the democracy.

if we think is a true, accurate and non-hyperbolic description of tik-tok (and by extension social media) i don’t want anyone with power to operate them. whether it’s a billionaire from any country or any government.

it isn’t clear to me why we would treat a billionaire, a mega corporation, or a government any different with anything this powerful. again, if we were to agree this description is accurate no organization or person should have this kind of influence.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by number_man on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:41AM (#39701122)

We have to start somewhere, and not having it under the control of a hostile foreign government is a good first step.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by toofy on Thursday March 14, 2024 @05:14PM (#39709066)

i agree, we have to start somewhere. and if we think it’s the most powerful propaganda weapon ever developed, the place to start is by regulating _all_ social media.

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