Well, it's all gone down the way we expected: SCOTUS has upheld the TikTok ban, using reasoning that makes it very clear they either don't understand data flows or don't actually care about protecting the data of US users.
TikTok has said they will start blocking access to US accounts on Sunday.
TikTok has said they will start blocking access to US accounts on Sunday.
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I wonder if my child will understand me better through my algorithm, when she's old enough.
So we will be here & every other app not owned by Meta
It has a MANIPULATIVE ALGORITHM and they want to be the ones to control the US people.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/att-complies-with-law-requiring-cheap-internet-by-ending-a-service-in-ny/
(I find this far more disturbing, personally)
The cost of mass transmittal information is now a microscopic fraction of what it once was.
Like the time I stumbled across a very discreet BGP-based VPN service *out* of China to the rest of the world.