TikTok goes dark in the US

Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by Sabinus on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:33AM (#42754336)

Americans convincing their fellow citizens to do things is a very different proposition to foreign governments convincing American citizens to do things.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by marcusramberg on Sunday January 19, 2025 @02:22AM (#42754685)

True. Clearly your billionaire ruling class has your best interest at heart, so this is fine. /s

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by leeoniya on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:29AM (#42755084)

let's be honest here. billionaires are the ruling class wherever they exist.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by johnnyanmac on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:32AM (#42755479)

Sure. But other places at least pretend to fight back, though. EU is actually trying to resist these notions as of late.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by op00to on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:07AM (#42757085)

Could it be that both allowing American billionaires to use their hordes of gold to influence elections is also bad, but we don’t have the tools to stop them as readily as foreign adversaries? Must every solution be perfect from the outset? Must we do everything at once?

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