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Google and Facebook did the same thing when they were trying to pass SOPA or whatever it was before that made midtier services responsible for content and data of their users. Yet we don’t see people up in arms to ban those companies.
This is just about young people changing their minds about the Palestine conflict due to videos on the ground.
Is it really that far removed from what Meta was doing when they were unhappy with Canada’s laws?
“The Chinese oligarchs are taking over!” - US oligarchs probably
I wonder how many of these lawmakers will be invested in the company that swoops in and saves the American public?
Mnuchin (fmr Trump Treasury Sec) is already setting up a group to try and buy it apparently.
For real. You know Pelosi is already investing.
If she’s investing at the same time you’re getting the information, she missed the best time to buy. She might have hedged her bets and bought early
Fun fact: Congresspeople can legally inside trade, but the rest of us cannot.
Politicians should be banned from stock market. Total conflict of interest.
I’d be fine if they were allowed to invest in things like mutual funds so that they could take advantage of the market without being able to do insider trading of a specific stock.
that would be better, but they could still invest in specific sectors or industries.
Yep, and maybe that’s somewhat acceptable, but we could also confine it to diversified mutual funds meeting specific criteria.
Edit: confine, not congratulations
I probably shouldnt be celebrating this but I am. I fucking despise Tiktok with a passion, I hate its users, its creators, I hate the short form content trend it started and its algorithm based content delivery systems that every other app copied but worse, I hate the sexualisation of minors and peddling that content to pedos, I hate the clout chasing in general, I hate tiktok trends and “challenged”. and I hate the general brainrot it has caused.
Yeah but that’s just on YouTube and Facebook now. Nobody is going to regulate them in the slightest.
It is a slap in the face if they want to say it is too influential to have an adversarial state control it, at the same time leaving it fine for local billionaires to do the exact same things.
I can’t believe this is the one thing this congress has actually managed to do. We just want healthcare
can we ban or move YouTube shorts elsewhere while we are at it?
Why? Just don’t watch them.
TikTok is the primary source of brain-rot in 2024, please, somebody, change my mind.
I learned how to garden, grow food, ferment food, and some plant identification. I have a working knowledge of sewing. I’ve watched volcanoes erupt. I saw deep space imagery from JWST and followed along the Voyager 1 communications issues. I get a stream of physicists and physicians sharing about the latest in their field.
It helped me realize many limiting beliefs I’ve had about myself and I love myself more than I ever have.
I could have done those things elsewhere, too. But just like Pandora / Spotify are a tool to discover things you like that you didn’t know before, so is algorithmic video delivery.
Is everything on any social media good? I’m sure there are corners of Tiktok that are as deplorable as anywhere else.
That’s great to hear, genuinely the first positive impact I’ve heard of TikTok having.
I will however state the obvious, you could find most, if not all the same information with a search engine.
Even though i dont think banning tiktok is a good idea purely because of the concept, those boards are funny. “Tiktok changed my life for the better”
A lot of people started their businesses on Tiktok. The Tiktok algorithm is actually way better than that of Instagram to reach your target niche. A lot content creators and marketing exes do realize this.
I don’t understand the mentality of users, of course of obviously older generation here, that realize Tiktok did in fact change a lot of people’s lives. It’s not just an app for dancing.
Let’s not forget the Tiktok Shop section.
Its all to get around passing a real privacy law with teeth.
lmao, they don’t want a real privacy law, they want to have a monopoly in spying on Americans.
A lot of people on Lemmy are just… old.
This thread made me realize this.
If this bill passes and any of you criticizes China/Russia for banning Facebook/Instagram/Twitter etc… under the name of “lack of freedom of speech”. I will be laughing. A lot.
