Lol, reaching? In what way do you draw the conclusion that I am against TikTok for anything to do with capitalism? TikTok is a tool for the Chinese government to take user data while simultaneously providing nothing but brain rot to the consumers (of course, this isn’t the case with the Chinese version, it actually shows educational content). Eat shit, Pooh Bear.
If banning the harvest of user data was the real reason for going after tiktok, they would’ve banned harvesting user data. Meta infamously sells their’s to the highest bidder. Are you certain they don’t sell to China? They’ve been caught lying about what they do with it before
…uuummm, because it’s fair and just? Ngl, I’m not sure how else to answer that because I’ve never heard somebody argue against fair and consistent application of the law before. Maybe I’m just being an idealist here, but when somebody compromises health and safety, they should get disciplined because it’s against the law to compromise health and safety; Not because they happened to catch the attention of Congress.
Edit: Actually let me ask you because I need to know: Why shouldn’t the government be impartial in matters of health and safety? In what situations should the violations of health and safety by some parties be ignored and those of other parties be exaggerated? Because, you know, that’s what “partial” means.
This mentality is how we get equality for neonazis and “bOtH sIdEs” arguments. I actually don’t give a shit if life isn’t fair and balanced for garbage people. I don’t want the government to be fair to everyone, I want it to protect it’s people from fascism and psyops.
Let’s back up, I think we’re getting hung up on the semantics of the word “fair” here. I’m not asking for “equality”, I’m asking for the passage of rights and regulations protecting United States citizens from everything that TikTok is accused of, and then holding every company operating in the United States to that standard. I don’t want the government cherry-picking which companies they’ll protect us from, I want digital privacy rights to protect me from ALL of them!!! 👇 That’s impartial governing. 👇 That’s fair. Legislation singling out TikTok specifically is a pathetic bandaid solution at best, but I’m afraid that it’s really a dishonest abuse of power, and that it’s precedent will lead to more entities getting banned arbitrarily.
Don’t get me wrong, fuck TikTok, I don’t use it myself, but this legislation is clearly bullshit not written with our protection in mind, and I swear we’re seeing the Constitution erode before our eyes (you know, more than it already has).
“Chinese government to take user data while simultaneously providing nothing but brain rot to the consumers (of course, this isn’t the case with the Chinese version, it actually shows educational content)”
Isn’t all the content on YouTube, Facebook, Reddit Lemmy, etc user created? It’s about the moderation. What gets deleted, what gets promoted, those are the things that are different.
if you didn’t want to interact you could have just not posted anything. You want to do your point but you know it doesn’t hold any ground and cannot stand the slightest opposition so you bail.
Lol, reaching? In what way do you draw the conclusion that I am against TikTok for anything to do with capitalism? TikTok is a tool for the Chinese government to take user data while simultaneously providing nothing but brain rot to the consumers (of course, this isn’t the case with the Chinese version, it actually shows educational content). Eat shit, Pooh Bear.
If banning the harvest of user data was the real reason for going after tiktok, they would’ve banned harvesting user data. Meta infamously sells their’s to the highest bidder. Are you certain they don’t sell to China? They’ve been caught lying about what they do with it before
Wild how two of you read what I wrote and inserted commentary about Meta that I never mentioned. Ban all of Meta too, please, I really mean it.
That’s my point! We can’t just have the government wack-a-moling businesses like that, that’s not impartial governing.
Why does the government need to be impartial when dealing with public health and safety?
…uuummm, because it’s fair and just? Ngl, I’m not sure how else to answer that because I’ve never heard somebody argue against fair and consistent application of the law before. Maybe I’m just being an idealist here, but when somebody compromises health and safety, they should get disciplined because it’s against the law to compromise health and safety; Not because they happened to catch the attention of Congress.
Edit: Actually let me ask you because I need to know: Why shouldn’t the government be impartial in matters of health and safety? In what situations should the violations of health and safety by some parties be ignored and those of other parties be exaggerated? Because, you know, that’s what “partial” means.
This mentality is how we get equality for neonazis and “bOtH sIdEs” arguments. I actually don’t give a shit if life isn’t fair and balanced for garbage people. I don’t want the government to be fair to everyone, I want it to protect it’s people from fascism and psyops.
Let’s back up, I think we’re getting hung up on the semantics of the word “fair” here. I’m not asking for “equality”, I’m asking for the passage of rights and regulations protecting United States citizens from everything that TikTok is accused of, and then holding every company operating in the United States to that standard. I don’t want the government cherry-picking which companies they’ll protect us from, I want digital privacy rights to protect me from ALL of them!!! 👇 That’s impartial governing. 👇 That’s fair. Legislation singling out TikTok specifically is a pathetic bandaid solution at best, but I’m afraid that it’s really a dishonest abuse of power, and that it’s precedent will lead to more entities getting banned arbitrarily.
Don’t get me wrong, fuck TikTok, I don’t use it myself, but this legislation is clearly bullshit not written with our protection in mind, and I swear we’re seeing the Constitution erode before our eyes (you know, more than it already has).
(double comment, my bad)
Are American social media platforms not sharing data with the American government?
They’re all the same, banning one is missing the point.
No the government buys the data from them like everyone else 😏
Cool thing I didn’t say “but Facebook is good and needs to stay” then, huh?
I thought this community was about political conversation WITHOUT the jerks
that whole pooh the bear shit is racist as fuck in the first place. “Ahah the chinese guy is yellow ahah”.
Do you also support comparing black people to monkeys?
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LMFAO, it’s because he looks like fucking Winnie the Pooh you dipshit. 🤣
No, I support comparing them to tiggers, because tiggers are wonderful things.
“Chinese government to take user data while simultaneously providing nothing but brain rot to the consumers (of course, this isn’t the case with the Chinese version, it actually shows educational content)”
Isnt all the content on tiktok user-generated?
Isn’t all the content on YouTube, Facebook, Reddit Lemmy, etc user created? It’s about the moderation. What gets deleted, what gets promoted, those are the things that are different.
nm = never mind
The intention was that I didn’t need your participation to make my point. But here we are. Thanks for the reinforcement!
if you didn’t want to interact you could have just not posted anything. You want to do your point but you know it doesn’t hold any ground and cannot stand the slightest opposition so you bail.