Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by sodality2 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:30PM
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I guess it would be a form of countertrade of attention for content. Nonetheless I don't think a "trade" of social media content and ads should be something that is within the government's scope to ban. If TikTok was made ad-free, would that change your argument?
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by TulliusCicero on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:49PM
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That you don't consider it trade is irrelevant. It is trade, and trade has always been within the scope of the government -- every government, really -- to regulate.
> If TikTok was made ad-free, would that change your argument?
I think as long as TikTok is generating revenue -- or even plans to in the future, as sometimes happens for startups -- it'd count as trade yeah.