Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f...
by throwawayq3423 on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:45PM
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The rationalizations and justifications are more a window into people's thought process than they are actual arguments. This person has decided that TikTok isn't that bad, and you are witnessing how they reverse engineer from that view point back to the argument.
That's why arguing in this sense never works. Someone isn't trying to work something out, they've already decided and are trying to explain the decision to you. That's not the same thing as thinking through something.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f...
by hellojesus on Saturday January 18, 2025 @06:07AM
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People know that it's a propaganda machine. Why deny their voluntary consumption of it?
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f...
by throwawayq3423 on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:28AM
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They very much do not. TikTok maintains it doesn't push certain content over other based on direction from the CCP (unfalsifiable), and most people believe them. Or are unaware.
There is such a thing as protecting people from threats they don't know about or understand.
I frankly don't understand why I keep seeing on social media people like yourselves push the idea that it's okay because other companies are also harvesting the data. It is obviously not about the data. It is about China being in a position to manipulate information flow.