[crandycodes]

If the government was also addressing the concentration of power in the American social media apps, I’d buy it. If this was about making laws on what info phones could record about you, I’d buy it. If this was about establishing transparency laws to allow the government to better enforce the privacy laws it has, I’d buy it. If it was a law saying recommendation algorithms can’t be used for political content, I’d buy it (though not sure that’d be constitutional).

Instead this says it’s fine to spy on and manipulate US citizens and concentrate media power, so long as you’re “American”.

[j2bax]

No it’s fine to spy on US citizens as long as we (NSA) have the access and control that we want to the greater world population data. They aren’t okay with China taking that role/opportunity from them.

[seandoe]

You're right. This is what it says. I don't think you have to buy anything outside of that. I think most Americans are more comfortable with American entities spying and manipulating them than a Chinese entity.

[antifa]

China isn't going to send me to death camps for posting an authorized opinion. Most Americans don't care if China has any of our data and would prefer to be protected from US corporations than random far away countries with no physical reach.

[QuesnayJr]

The law would literally allow an EU entity to own it, or a Brazilian entity, or a South African entity.

[TrackerFF]

Like it or not - when it is a US company that does it, the powers that be in the US can do something about it.

When it is a foreign platform controlled by a foreign government, the US government can't do shit about it.

It boils down to national security. We live in an age where (dis)information campaigns have real consequences.

[wonnage]

Facebook needs to be banned too if disinformation is your concern