[bamboozled]

On the other hand, I find this a bit concerning too? The USA is starting to look a bit more like China. There is now only “one world view” for us. Given the friend group between the people who run X and Meta and it might leave us in a precarious situation?

Banning TikTok only treats the symptom , the real disease is that people are way to susceptible to propaganda and misinformation.

[Sammi]

Did you miss the part where China is a foreign adversary? They don't play nice. If you try to play nice with someone who wants to kill you then you get killed.

[bamboozled]

But I’m not saying China are nice guys, I’m saying we’re now left with the same thing, just ran by the US government. You might think that’s a good thing. I don’t.

Personally I think all closed source social media should be outlawed and all algorithms used should be audited by a third party.

[remixff2400]

End users just won't care about the algorithm. Try talking to a niece or nephew, especially one who makes money on the platform about The Algorithm and you'll get blank stares, or, at best, a "yeah I know, but...".

If you've had better luck, let me know (actually).

As for "being China", every country has protections on what goes in or out of the country including media. A lot of countries won't let you own a newspaper or news broadcast channel, so this is the next extension of that sort of idea.

It's the same idea as not allowing a company from the USSR to run a news channel during the Cold War, although obviously the lines are fuzzier and still being discovered with apps and algorithms.

[t-3]

We have nukes. If they try to kill us, everyone dies. "Foreign adversary" just means they're big enough to get a seat at the table in a multipolar world.