Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage for shutdown

Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by swatcoder on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:04AM (#42739250)

It's not leaks and breaches that are the immanent concern here. The concern is deep, adversarial manipulation of public sentiment -- a psyops asset that gives a competing nation significant leverage as they pursue ends that challenge established US interests in the Pacific.

You don't have to agree that protecting those interests is worth the disruption to the global market, free speech ideology, etc. But to engage in the debate, you need to recognize that this is the core concern.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jjulius on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:12AM (#42739405)

>The concern is deep, adversarial manipulation of public sentiment -- a psyops asset that gives a competing nation significant leverage as they pursue ends that challenge established US interests in the Pacific.

I share the exact same concern about "deep, adversarial manipulation of public sentiment" from US-based corporations running algorithmically-generated designed to addict consumers, and also believe that everyone needs to recognize that core concern as well.

ALL of it needs to die.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kasey_junk on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:17AM (#42739503)

Great. Get that law passed. The question of constitutionality doesn’t preclude _expansion_ of the ban.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jjulius on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:26AM (#42739696)

Woosh

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kingraoul on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:12AM (#42739406)

> The concern is deep, adversarial manipulation of public sentiment

You mean letting U.S. citizens see the flour massacre video on a platform where the security state can’t ban it.

This bill languished for years until that happened.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by deaddodo on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:25AM (#42739670)

I can see information on this specific event on Wikipedia, CNN, Youtube, etc right now; all "western-controlled". It's also available through Al-Jazeera, Reuters, and other foreign sources.

You have an interesting and unique definition of "state censorship". Almost like one defined by a bias inherently interested in letting specific foreign interests continue to proliferate under the guise of an emotional appeal.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kingraoul on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:27PM (#42740769)

Raises eyebrow I’m talking about watching the video. And surely you understand the content moderation will be different once the cat is out of the bag.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kjkjadksj on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:43AM (#42740014)

Are we forgetting the psyop happens on every social media problem? Internet research agency in st petersburg says otherwise.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by philosopher1234 on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:11AM (#42739388)

But it’s cool for Elon Musk to do it to get Trump elected, or zuck to do it for who knows what aims (but certainly expanding his own influence and power)

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