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TikTok is now banned in Montana

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Re: TikTok is now banned in Montana

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Post by citizenkeen »

Andaith wrote: post #19

"and demands mobile app stores make the app unavailable for Montana residents." Oh so now they've made an enemy of Google & Apples legal teams? Because those two aren't going to want to set a precedent for all sorts of bans across random jurisdictions.

They already do? Plenty of apps are banned in various countries, if I recall correctly.

Re: TikTok is now banned in Montana

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Post by Kye »

Razengan wrote: post #17
cwillu wrote: post #11

Need to add “here's what you need to know” to the automatic clickbait remover.

I find "Here's...." such an infuriating thing. Like, what, did someone do "research" and see that it gets more clicks?

It's hard to find them these days, but some of the blogging about blogging/internet marketing crowd used to post data on headlines and what got clicks based on different sources like Facebook and Twitter.

Examples from one of the larger still active blogs here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=titles+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fmoz.co...

There were also lists of headline swipe files that provided lots of templates.

Re: TikTok is now banned in Montana

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Post by vnchr »

cute_boi wrote: post #16

What happened to freedom of speech. I thought many politician, especially republicans cry for free speech.

I think there’s some concern over manipulation of content and surveillance of users by a foreign adversary.

The Wall Street Journal recently published this article that I think shines a light on some major areas of concern.

“TikTok Feeds Teens a Diet of Darkness: Self-harm, sad-posting and disordered-eating videos abound on the popular app” [0]

— [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-feeds-teens-a-diet-of-da...

Re: TikTok is now banned in Montana

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Post by didntknowya »

citizenkeen wrote: post #32
Andaith wrote: post #19

"and demands mobile app stores make the app unavailable for Montana residents." Oh so now they've made an enemy of Google & Apples legal teams? Because those two aren't going to want to set a precedent for all sorts of bans across random jurisdictions.

They already do? Plenty of apps are banned in various countries, if I recall correctly.

It's usually the publishers who choose what countries they appear in rather than the store itself.
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