Tons of people are downloading the Chinese version of TikTok, RedNote. It has an even greater connection to the CCP. I said this would happen when I voted NO on the ban. Banning TikTok is not a real solution to protecting our data + many small businesses will be harmed.
Pass data privacy laws!
Pass data privacy laws!
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Mistake. Huge mistake.
That said, the cross cultural exchange on RedNote is a beautiful thing to see. People connecting regardless of government policy.
We already had these "beautiful interactions, no matter what the government (whom your giggling netizens support) is doing". It tanked support for Ukraine in 2014. It tanked support for Hong Kong, because "kittens".
Are performative, with the goal to *look like* they’re doing something substantive “for the people”
Suppressing one outlet will inevitably encourage the emergence of others and the Chinese are likely to get even smarter about masking ownership.
Anyway regulate all social media instead of targeting imported ones.
the British tea was cheaper but Americans didn’t care, they dumped it out anyway.
If the gvmt is intent on taking away our power, we’ll get it back.
Meta, Google, and AWS already track far more than the CCP could hope to obtain via TikTok - and that data is just freely available to anyone willing to pay for it.
Why spy when you can buy?
Dems do it too, a lot of them. Thankfully not the OP in this case!
I'm here in Florida,Tampa Bay area and he is a beacon on hope
Hey @bsky.app, need an edit button, please
But no way TikTok will hold under the scrutiny of even the loosest "privacy laws".
Then we will have the same "influencers" and their sheepherds going to Одноклассники in protest.
(Not that he's the only impediment)
Money controls our legislation, and data is today's most valuable resource. Limiting corporations use of it is not politically popular
I agree forcing a sale isn't a sustainable solution but I'm not sure domestic laws will solve it either.
You're overestimating the power of these regulatory agencies, especially when dealing with foreign companies
Go try to use the CCPA and see how well they *comply*
But Americans are a nation of unscathed idiots and the influencers literally kill and let the followers die for clicks and monetizing
“The most popular versions were printed in small pocket sizes that could be easily carried and were bound in bright red plastic covers, thus commonly becoming known internationally as the "Little Red Book".”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung
It won't stop musk, zuckerberg, bezos, or any other trump oligarch. Stop the hand wringing. Dems aren't going to get anything passed, and it wouldn't be enforced if they could.
Every damn way someone can slander another and claim it was FREE SPEECH. It ain't free. It is costly and harmful.
Get regulations started.