RedEye9 wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 09:38:
Carighan wrote on Jan 16, 2025, 07:23:
opie wrote on Jan 15, 2025, 23:56:
unconstitutional.. lol you can still say what you want (roughly), just not there. unless you want to try to argue freedom of assembly in an online space.
Yeah exactly. TikTok is essentially someone's private backyard anyways - meaning there is no First Amendment right, it's their private property - and like any private property, it can violate laws and then either be fined, restricted, limited or in extreme cases, confiscated.
Since this is a digital ground, the equivalent to a restaurant being closed for violating food hygiene laws is to prevent access to TikTok for violating data protection laws.
But that's just it, TikTok hasn't violated any laws.
If I were to hazard a guess it would be that neither one of you read the article.
Exactly. TikTok is being banned for the EXPECTATION it might violate laws by giving private information to the Chinese intelligence services.
Don't get me wrong, it's a valid concern, and that's why I have no issue with Tiktok being banned on government employee and military personnel's phones (as should ALL social media, see below). But the ACLU may have a legal point that banning the service entirely could be unconstitutional. That's for the supremes to decide.
In the end, I think a better approach would be tighter regulation of ALL social media in the way the EU is going. Let's be honest: X, Facebook, Youtube, etal, are ALL in the business of selling your private information, to the highest bidder, which COULD be intelligence agencies of this country or other countries. How is that any better than what Tiktok might do?
As for misinformation from Tiktok, the same is true for ANY social media company.
And in the end it will be meaningless. People will find a way around the ban, or use some other service. There are already reports that Tiktok users are moving to ANOTHER Bytedance owned social media service called RedNote:
LinkIt's just a game of wack-a-mole.
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