I’m not a ban fan but social media like that is psychological cancer that is definitely harming the young and old mentally.
Kids growing up these days have the burden of the disgusting need for social media self-promotion. They are conditioned that attention and Likes are the most valuable social currency, and waste so much of their valuable youth pursuing that hollow bullshit.
I’m keeping my kids off social media for as long as I can so they can experience growing up without Cloud-automated peer pressure.
Look what it did to boomers. Legit. Ban all that shit. Geocities for the win.
Lead exposure was probably a big part of that as well to be fair.
This will do nothing about that. If TikTok is banned, kids will just move to something else. You would have to ban all social media. Good luck with that.
You can’t ban peer pressure. That’s like trying to stop the flow of water.
Surely engineers have devised ways to reduce pier pressure caused by the flow of water.
How about a digital bill of rights instead of playing ineffective whackamole?
Harm the stock portfolios of US billionaires? You sound like someone who hates receiving RVs and fishing trips.
Because the US can control the topics shared in the other platforms, but since tiktok is owned by a chinese parent company, they can’t
Also, tiktok was originally told they had to sell to a us based owner to avoid the ban (see hostile takeover)
This ban has nothing to do with privacy and Chinese manipulation, and everything about control and profits.
Hell, Besos and The Zuckster are the two main forces pushing for this ban.
Corporate lobbying doesn’t want digital rights for people, more work for them.
While also expanding their own surveillance capabilities, right?
Yeah, tiktok is a Chinese data mine so… they don’t want it to go away, they vwanna control it.
Cool, do Twitter next. Wait, ban Elon…into the sun.
Twitter gives US agencies data, they are cool bro
Glad to see Dems are taking the threat of Trump getting into power serious by focusing on issues that their base support:
Stop funding and supplying a genocidePacking the clearly biased court so things like student loan forgiveness can pass and all these anti trans and other crazy far right laws get shot downNot breaking rail road workers strikes- Banning one of the most popular social media apps
An app that they already made an account for Biden on too lol
Gotta do what big corporations want him to do
Nevermind the bill has bipartisan support! Republicans must have ZERO to do with this bill! 🙄
Get serious or get out.
Nevermind the bill has bipartisan support!
In general, “bipartisan” just means the oligarchs are teaming up to fuck over the people.
The good “bipartisan” bills are the ones that the Republicans and Democrats come together in solidarity to vote down.
Bringing up that it had bipartisan support is completely irrelevant.
The headlines are going to be “Biden signs bill banning Tick Tok”. When his support of a horrible genocide is already depressing how much non republicans want to vote for him going out and doing this is just adding more reasons.
Maybe you and him need to get actually serious and focus on things people actually care about.
He is only campaigning on “I’m not trump” like literally if you got to his website and click on “Joes Vision” you get taken to a 404 page. There’s nothing talking about where he stands on issues or what he offers.
Okay and? How is helping the GOP do this going to win support on the left?
China banned pretty much all the US social media… I bet, they will complain when the same happens to them…
So we should copy China’s policies?
I did not even say that…
Bruh you don’t know how to comprehend what you write?
Seem like an oddly specific thing to mention if you aren’t using one to justify the other…
Only if that’s the assumption you make. I took it to mean let’s see how China spins this considering they did the exact same thing to ALL social media.
They’re speculating that China will be hypocritical little crybabies about this. Did you even read the post?
I’m not even from the USA… I’m just guessing what’s going to happen…
We’re just that far behind China
Goddam this is dumb as shit.
Please help a fellow non-US citizen understand. How can this be a bipartisan agreement and, what’s its difference to the “video games cause violence” bit? I dislike TikTok as well (and I will never use it) but I think banning it nationwide is taking it too far.
How can this be a bipartisan agreement
Both sides dislike other countries having the spy power. Or anything, really. US got serious overcompensation issues with being the biggest and baddest at everything.
What’s its difference to the “video games cause violence” bit
China likely actually is spying and TikTok probably does actually do some harm, unlike video games and violence. Definetelt nowhere near justification for this shit though.
Ahhh you just triggered memories of Tipper Gore.
Well the video games thing was people thinking games caused violence. This is people thinking the CCP has access to TikTok’s data. The problem is all of our social media apps, and cars, and smart devices are selling data to China. So we aren’t plugging a hole. We’re just forcing a “fire sale” where a rich American can buy TikTok for cheap.
This isn’t a consumer protection thing; it’s a national security thing.
Unfortunately, they’re not banning all social media because they’re vectors for destroying privacy and manipulating consumers; they’re banning only the Chinese one because it’s a vector for Chinese spying and propaganda. They want only American-owned companies to be in a position to manipulate Americans, and they want that manipulation to continue.
The issue is not with the applications psychological effects on children (although i’m sure politicians bring that point up in passing to bolster their argument). The basis for the removal of the application is that it is spyware with rootkit capabilities.
What else is in this bill? This will probably make VPNs very popular.
Oh thank God. Tik tok was a mistake. Please for the love of god go after facebook next. Kill the misinformation peddlers one by fucking one
Apparently the number one reason for the bann is that, 80% of users are pro Palestine and they cannot have the youth take political stances that go against their genocide.
I found this an interesting perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDGZlG_41k
- People: Why doesn’t the government ever pass a law that protects its citizens.
– Government: Here’s a law to protect our citizens from a foreign government spying on them.
– Gen Z: Noooooooooooooo!!!
But this doesn’t stop anyone from spying on them. Data collection, aggregation, sale, and exploitation is entirely legal so if the Chinese government wants your data they can buy it wholesale for less than maintaining TikTok from Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Discord, and Amazon.
All you’re doing is taking a bunch of blubbering buffoon’s at their word that this is for your protection.
Literally no downsides to getting rid of TikTok.
Literally no downsides to getting rid of TikTok.
Well, unless you want people under the age of 40 to vote for you.
There’s really no upside either so it’s really just a waste of time. Millions of Americans without proper medical. Congress sleeps. Short form video. Real shit.
Unless you count the Chinese destroying our infrastructure from the inside
And using disinformation to help cause the clusterfuck in the US congress
Wait till you find out about all the companies destroying infrastructure and using disinformation.
The law isn’t specifically for TikTok. Its to allow the US government the ability to ban any foreign owned company.
