No, but it should be sold to Bobby Kotick.time for the 'how many videos have you watched' battlepass
Why not ban Twitter and Facebook if were banning Tik Tok.now you're getting it!
Banning it sets a dangerous precedent.
From a political and security front, the standard of ban as long as it's from China makes sense. If they sell, no issues.
From a position of social media, it's cancer so yes.
Also this shit makes no sense.They've convinced us that giving up rights to our government is patriotism
Is there an actual logical reason "China has your browsing history" is somehow worse than "the US has your browsing history"?
TikToks Juicy Body Goddess speaks to CNN about potential ban
There are countless channels with hours of the best shortform educational content that has ever existed online, quit being dumb.This is dumb though. There's way better educational apps that actually reinforce learning (videos can't do that) and don't have predatory engagement-based algorithms. It's certainly way more accessible than those apps though.
If it gets banned, we'll immediately get a TikTok clone ready to take its place. There may be some fragmentation of the userbase, but ultimately people will flock to a specific platform. Anyone who thinks this modality of social media would end with TikTok is very optimistic and/or deluded.Which sites do you think would be next though?
This is dumb though. There's way better educational apps that actually reinforce learning (videos can't do that) and don't have predatory engagement-based algorithms. It's certainly way more accessible than those apps though.
Well, the House passed its forced sell/ban. 352-65so dems were far less supportive of it? but most of them still voted for it right?
Dems: 155-50 (1 present, 7 not voting)
GOP: 197-15 (7 not voting)
Senate has seemed a little less eager about this and concerned that the House's bill is unconstitutional so "we'll see" I guess.
Yeah, about a quarter of Dems voted against it (but the other 75% voted for it obv) but for the Republicans it was 93% for and 7% against.but why were like almost all republicans so much more against it? Do you believe that they thought it was a security issue...etc...?
Banning it sets a dangerous precedent.
but why were like almost all republicans so much more against it? Do you believe that they thought it was a security issue...etc...?I mean, I think it's because Republicans have been primed to be against anything they see connected to China for years now. Trump starting a trade war with them, then Trump calling COVID the "China virus" (which he's broken out again in recent days) to stoke racism/deflect blame from his grievous mishandling of it.
I mean, I think it's because Republicans have been primed to be against anything they see connected to China for years now. Trump starting a trade war with them, then Trump calling COVID the "China virus" (which he's broken out again in recent days) to stoke racism/deflect blame from his grievous mishandling of it.so do you believe the ban is mostly racist though?
And so this bill presents them an opportunity to do something they can go on TV/to voters and say "I fought back against China." I'm honestly pretty skeptical of the security issue argument when they're coming down on just TikTok and not crafting legislation that would address the same behavior from all social media companies.
When they banned it from use by certain government employees - that I could at least get in terms of a national security perspective but this... not so much. Or rather, that that's the motive behind this bill.
I believe the motive for legislators in passing a bill that affects only TikTok is based in it, yes. Or, to be a bit more precise, to take advantage of such sentiment for political advantage.most democrats voted for it too though iirc. Iirc easily a majority of democrats. You just don't buy, the whole security issue and stuff?
most democrats voted for it too though iirc. Iirc easily a majority of democrats. You just don't buy, the whole security issue and stuff?I posted the numbers before, I know. It was about 75-76% of Dems, yes.
I posted the numbers before, I know. It was about 75-76% of Dems, yes.yeah, old and out of touch, never even use it. Aren't like on avg. u.s. politicians though the oldest in the world?
I think the security issue is valid but it's a problem inherent to how basically all social media collect personal data and put it up for sale. If we were talking about a bill that sought to seriously rein in and regulate data collection and how these algorithms are basically designed to induce misery, anger, and distress in people I would be 110% for it.
But that's not what this is. It's literally a "force TikTok to sell or be banned" bill. It doesn't address the underlying issues at all - hell if TikTok does sell it doesn't change what TikTok is doing. It's basically red scare shit and I mostly chalk it up to a combination of anti-China sentiment and craven political calculus by members of Congress who on average are so old they probably don't even know what TikTok is thinking "well this is an easy way for me to say I 'stood up to China' and/or 'defend myself if my opponent accuses me of being soft on China' than anything approaching a genuine security concern on their parts.
most democrats voted for it too though iirc. Iirc easily a majority of democrats. You just don't buy, the whole security issue and stuff?Why is it "iirc" when the actual stats are here in this same topic just a few posts up