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by codedokode 825 days ago
But if Western people are generally not dumb, are patriotic and think rationally, they won't believe foreign propaganda, and so there is no need to ban TikTok, right?
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cscurmudgeon 825 days ago
> think rationally

Not teenagers, TikTok's main target

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hellojesus 825 days ago
Thankfully parents were invented to regulate them.
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cscurmudgeon 825 days ago
Do you think the govt. has zero responsibility in the welfare of our nation's children?

If a foreign adversary attacks, can parents alone protect their children?

Let me get this clear:

1. you don't want govt to act for children because "parents", 2. you don't want govt to act for adults because they are "rational".

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hellojesus 825 days ago
> 1. you don't want govt to act for children because "parents"

> 2. you don't want govt to act for adults because they are "rational".

Yes. This is absolutely correct from my perspective. Parents have agency over their children. They are there to guide or, if necessary, inact tyrannical laws.

Adults have agency. Nobody is a victim of TikTok involuntarily. Adults are making a choice to use it or allow their children to use it.

From what exactly is the government saving US citizens by banning TikTok from the app store, or more generally? And how can we be sure that this banning power won't expand over time?

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cscurmudgeon 825 days ago
By your logic, we should remove all regulations?

(As parents can have agency over children and adults have agency)

> From what exactly is the government saving US citizens by banning TikTok from the app store, or more generally

The CCP accessing their data. The CCP pushing propaganda by silently altering the recommendations.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/07/26/tiktok-ch...

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hellojesus 825 days ago
> The CCP accessing their data. The CCP pushing propaganda by silently altering the recommendations.

But I contest that people are freely and knowingly giving that data to the CCP. It's been a common topic for years at this point.

The US government isn't saving their citizens from the CCP. They just don't want the CCP to have the data that Americans want to give them.

Regarding propaganda, it's obvious that it's content Americans want. They would leave the platform if they didn't.

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