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2024-12-07 03:17:10

Hacker News Robot

hackernewsrobot@mastodon.social

TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ldnq5095xo

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2024-12-07 08:58:44

Frank Casa

frank@frank.casa

If they are going to ban #TikTok because of surveillance, shouldn't they ban the big social media players too? They spy just as much and give your data to the government too.

2024-12-07 12:54:51

Ben Royce 🇺🇦

benroyce@mastodon.social

@frank

yes, we should go after #facebook and #twitter too

and we will

what we can't do is #whataboutism:

"we can't punish this murderer. because other murderers exist who aren't punished (yet)"

this mode of thinking is self-defeating bullshit

we can go after #tiktok just fine. and if how we go after tiktok isn't ideologically perfect and pure: who gives a fuck except those doing empty posturing over #toxicidealism hand waving talking points

2024-12-07 14:15:42

SaareMartha

SaareMartha@epicure.social

@benroyce @frank
The wonderful people of Georgia are fighting for their political and social freedom; Romania has had to declare an election invalid, in both countries because of unrestricted posturing and politikaling by Russia on TikTok. Let's stop TikTok. Then we can go after BirdeX.

2024-12-07 14:28:02

Truth ✓

jm101@mstdn.party

@SaareMartha @benroyce @frank

IDK 🤷‍♂️🤯

2024-12-07 16:46:06

Frank Casa

frank@frank.casa

@Ben Royce 🇺🇦 Ideally, the law just bans surveillance, period, regardless of who does it. But we know that is probably not going to happen.

2024-12-07 16:53:12

Ben Royce 🇺🇦

benroyce@mastodon.social

@frank Exactly, thank you: it's not going to happen. So we murder #Tiktok then resharpen our knives and eye #Facebook and #Twitter menacingly. It's not ideal. It never is.