I have never visited TikTok and look down on those who use it. However, I think this bill is stupid. It’s reactionary at best. This does nothing at all to address the general malaise predated on the entire world by social media. There should instead be tighter restrictions on social media or even phone use by minors. Why are we preventing minors from harming themselves by smoking or drinking, with pretty strict laws, but it’s totally fucking FINE to let them be psychologically manipulated by corporations with no agenda other than profit? I am so disgusted.
I agree about tighter restrictions on social media in general, but this is specifically about tiktok sending personal, material data back to China, a clearly hostile government that has been and is currently committing cyber attacks and espionage against the US and its citizens consistently.
Tiktok, despite its claims, has been proved to be sending that data to China multiple times since claiming that it has no connection to the Chinese government.
It isn’t the same as banning Instagram.
Banning tiktok in countries under attack from China makes sense when it’s been proven that tiktok is sending personal, identifying data to China.
I have never visited TikTok and look down on those who use it. However, I think this bill is stupid. It’s reactionary at best. This does nothing at all to address the general malaise predated on the entire world by social media. There should instead be tighter restrictions on social media or even phone use by minors. Why are we preventing minors from harming themselves by smoking or drinking, with pretty strict laws, but it’s totally fucking FINE to let them be psychologically manipulated by corporations with no agenda other than profit? I am so disgusted.
I agree about tighter restrictions on social media in general, but this is specifically about tiktok sending personal, material data back to China, a clearly hostile government that has been and is currently committing cyber attacks and espionage against the US and its citizens consistently.
Tiktok, despite its claims, has been proved to be sending that data to China multiple times since claiming that it has no connection to the Chinese government.
It isn’t the same as banning Instagram.
Banning tiktok in countries under attack from China makes sense when it’s been proven that tiktok is sending personal, identifying data to China.