How would this even work? Get it out of the app stores, fine. But presumably the URL would still be accessible? Likewise sideloading it onto Android devices?
That would decimate engagement, so it accomplishes the goal.
FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok
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#12Civil servant thinks the government should expand its overreach and create new regulations + agencies + jobs for civil servants, even when it goes against the constitution, news at 11.
how is it fine that the US allows every Chinese site/app to operate and profit from outside China while China banns everything outside China internally and just copies the banned product to profit from inside and out? we should of never allowed this behaviour
How is it fine that we allow freedom when another country restricts freedom - is that your question? Should we also be against Uighurs like they are in China?
I don't think we should bow down to the lowest denominator and instead still appeal to what's best for all people.
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IDK, I'm old school so I think the government shouldn't restrict free speech even when it really doesn't like what said free speech allows.
this is less a free speech issue than a security issue
Free speech is usually banned as being "too dangerous" but who gets to decide that and based on what criteria?
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#14How would this even work? Get it out of the app stores, fine. But presumably the URL would still be accessible? Likewise sideloading it onto Android devices?
just do it like China... this is silly that we allow China to block everything while we are happy to allow them to use our market...
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#15i agree, plus China doesn't play by the same rules they ban a endless list of sites/apps from outside of China then copy the product to be used and profited from inside China and out..
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#16How would this even work? Get it out of the app stores, fine. But presumably the URL would still be accessible? Likewise sideloading it onto Android devices?
Clearly, the FCC will have to "Build That Wall!!!"
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#17TikTok is the new anodyne entertainment that is worse for youth than stale TV was for previous generations because it encourages harmful behavior. If it were only the time wasting aspect it would not be so bad --the bad part is propagating harmful behavior to unrealized adults, specifically wrong self-help information.
You are making an excellent argument for also banning TV.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
how is it fine that the US allows every Chinese site/app to operate and profit from outside China while China banns everything outside China internally and just copies the banned product to profit from inside and out? we should of never allowed this behaviour
How is it fine that we allow freedom when another country restricts freedom - is that your question? Should we also be against Uighurs like they are in China? I don't think we should bow down to the lowest denominator and instead still appeal to what's best for all people.
so we good with their GDP growing from using our markets? while they have concentration camps? why are we propping them up if your about freedom?
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#19How would this even work? Get it out of the app stores, fine. But presumably the URL would still be accessible? Likewise sideloading it onto Android devices?
just do it like China... this is silly that we allow China to block everything while we are happy to allow them to use our market...
So, the thing about championing free speech and free trade is that you also need to allow speech and trade that doesn't benefit you.
If you're interested in giving up America's commitment to either, that's fine, but I'd like to have some say in what other forms of speech and trade are silly to allow.
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#20TikTok is the new anodyne entertainment that is worse for youth than stale TV was for previous generations because it encourages harmful behavior. If it were only the time wasting aspect it would not be so bad --the bad part is propagating harmful behavior to unrealized adults, specifically wrong self-help information.
Eh, how is that behavior any different than previous iterations of planking? It is not. The only real difference is that it puts control of a majority of social media young people use in the hands of a foreign power. When FB et al were doing the same thing ( with same access ), it was all great.
I have no love for social media, but that ban starts at home AND if we accept the proposition that TikTok should be banned, we should be doing the same with FB and its derivatives. For the record, I am all for it ( as long as we apply this idiocy evenly and across the board ).
edit: added and across the board