The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in TikTok’s case to block a law that bans the app in the United States. The justices didn’t seem convinced.
If they were serious about fixing problems, Twitter and Facebook would go first.
I just don’t give a flying fuck. Let it go. It’s one less social media disease to have around.
The problem is the precedent of letting the now actively fascist federal government outright ban communication platforms- I hate TikTok as much as the next guy for the amount of manipulative brain rot and propaganda they dump, but this is way too easy of a precedent to abuse.
Assuming they were even listening? They only care about how many dollars got slipped into their pockets
There’s a reason Zuck went straight after trump’s balls…
TikTok is his main competitor, and he’s offering cash and letting them control the propaganda.
Our highest legal court is a joke and everyone knows it…
Historically that’s not a good sign for a society. A legal system is the compromise we all agree too, when one side violates a compromise, the other side will as well. It’s a matter of when not if.
I mean the arguments themselves were fairly cogent, all things considered. The prosecution got grilled pretty damn hard too.
They claim the ban is for national security reasons because China can easily use TikTok to spread propaganda that benefits them.
Can’t have social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?
“Can’t have foreign social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?”
Foreign media is harder to control with only local laws. For example, VK, which is the Russian version of Facebook, allows spouse abuse.
That’s fucking illegal, but Russians are pieces of shit that allow that, and passing a law in the US won’t force them to remove that kind of content
That’s exactly why it’s different. Why ByteDance is being banned.
