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I have literally no problem with the US government forcing divestment of TikTok by ByteDance. None. I don't see how they can "ban" it without running afoul of the First Amendment -- and should they try to engage in direct censorship of the platform through something like mandatory filtering by ISPs, I'll be right there with you all.

But if you think forcing a Chinese company, serving the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, that wants to spy on our kids, and manipulate their worldview, with the goal of destabilizing our institutions is "all's fair love and war", due to some highfalutin libertarian principle, than you're actually a moron.

Reed 1y ago

I hear you. But if you don't want your kids to be spied on don't let them use the technology you think is facilitating this invasion of privacy. Id rather decide for myself and my family rather than outsource that responsibility to the government who can use this as a precedent to start censoring content I do think is beneficial for me and my family.

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Mike Brock 1y ago

Well, unlike a lot of people in this space, I actually think we need to protect our institutions in order to protect liberty. I think the people who argue the government should have no power to mediate any of these issues, are literally the useful idiots of authoritarians around the world.

Reed 1y ago

I do believe that governments will always have a role to play in society. I would be happy to have a trusted institution meditate these types of issues.

The problem I have is due to the level of corruption currently in our highest levels of government I do not have trust in the federal government institution. Further, I don't see them trying to "meditate" anything, they are simply deciding what their citizens should and should not be allowed to see.

Mike Brock 1y ago

How is forcing the sale of TikTok to a U.S. successor owner doing that, exactly?

Reed 1y ago

Are you saying that you don't believe that the federal government is pressuring US based social media platforms to censor content to align with their narratives?