That's not what they're talking about doing. They want to sell TikTok to a US interest. Not 900 of them. This is literally a chance for Musk, Zuckerberg, Apple, and Alphabet to grab up the best short form video app for cheap.

That's all it is. It is incredibly corrupt and the state department calls that out in other countries all the time.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

China doesn't allow US social media in their nation, specifically for this reason.

There is no reason two belligerent states shouldn't be protecting their citizens from each other.

But I agree the citizens need to protected from their own governments as well.

[–] Kalysta@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

How does us banning TikTok make us any better than China then? How does it make us any more free?

The whole point of freedom of speech is that everyone has it, even that speech you hate. The answer is more speech.

Lets see Biden grow a pair and go on new media and answer actual questions, not softballs. Then maybe people will start listening to him. And maybe he’ll learn what we’re actually concerned about.