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I've never used TikTok and probably never will, but I still don't think it's the government's job to decide what apps I'm allowed to use and what not. Educate people about the dangers of social media and if that doesn't work then it's out of your hands.
We will eventually scientifically determine the neurological impact of social media is both damaging long term and requires health treatment.
This isn't about the content itself, it's the addictive nature of how it's delivered and the ability to rapidly manipulate people.
And this isn’t even about social media. This bill is to prevent the external data collection and manipulation of a group of people by an external to the US organization. If this was about with of those in general, then I’d be all about it. We need better data protections here in the US and we need social media platforms to be held accountable on that charge, but this isn’t that bill. This doesn’t affect Meta, or X or any other domestic site which are just as bad at both manipulation and data gathering/selling.