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  • Source?

    There needs to be at least some evidence that the American subsidiary of tiktok broke data privacy laws

    If they did, they’d be tried under those laws, not some new legislation that allows carte blanche banning without a trial. That should tell you everything you need to know about whether there’s any proof of them breaking data privacy laws.




  • Citizens should be free to choose which social media platforms there wish to use.

    Companies are not free, which is why they must operate within the regulations and laws that protect consumers and the nation as a whole.

    Banning TikTok only violates the freedom of citizens and does nothing to protect consumers or the nation. Your argument makes zero sense in this context.


  • Android will push notifications for news articles that you may be “interested” in. I think it used to be called Google Now.

    Congress is concerned about theoretical propaganda, but it’s a reality in nearly every major news outlet and tech companies, but zero concern when it fits a certain narrative.





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    The thing with TikTok is almost all americans on it have gravitated away from other platforms because it has more to offer. I don’t think there’s a large demographic on TikTok who don’t precisely understand why they use TikTok over other platforms. (Edit: youth I suppose) I also believe this is why they want to force TikTok to sell, they want to have it exist as a platform but with new management.

    If TikTok doesn’t sell and it does get banned, I almost guarantee the demographic will quickly find themselves on another, likely Chinese owned, platform. This will still be a win for Congress as they’ll have fractured TikTok and weakened the demographic as a whole.

    Time will tell.