The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power
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[0]> When US lawmakers discuss their plans for a TikTok ban, they often talk about it as a national security threat — that it will allow China, through ByteDance, to get access to US data and information — but as I’ve already outlined, that’s not a strong argument.
[1]https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...
> The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to work together to set high security standards to prevent access by countries of concern to Americans’ data through other commercial means, such as data available via investment, vendor, and employment relationships.
Too bad that cat is well and truly already out of the bag. Still, better late than never!
Though, most of the world has quite the different experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2khAmMTAjI
Take out the stick like in Latin America and the Middle East?
Laughable from the country that proclaims itself "leader of the free world"
america gets many things wrong, but to think it deserves to collapse or that it shouldn't take steps to protect itself is ignoring history.
tiktok is controlled by a country we're entering/entered a new cold war with. china is not your friend.
I agree I see it as very much about the US preserving power and control. We've seen Instagram and Facebook changing their algorithms and banning pro-Palestinian videos, or limiting reach. [1]
TikTok is thorn which needs resolving ASAP. The sudden interest in 'fixing' TikTok and the Israel-Palestine war shouldn't be overlooked. Especially when we have high ranking officials loosing sleep about this issue and publicly expressing their discontent in interviews.
[1] Meta's Systemic Palestine Censorship https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/...
source?
> It is hosting a lot of bots actively
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> split the body politics with inflamatory astroturfing messages
Thankfully American social media websites don't do this.