this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2024
435 points (96.2% liked)

Technology

59627 readers
2935 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
435
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 66 points 7 months ago (32 children)

Are there whataboutism arguments? Yes, many.

Has Chinese intelligence lost access to a treasure trove of US data? Yes.

Are US kids’ already dwindling attention spans going to be saved from exposure to the TikTok algorithm? Yes.

I fail to see how this is a bad thing.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 47 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Actually, you're right.

If we consider this normal, it would totally be acceptable for Europe to demand a ban or sale of American ~~spying and propaganda tools~~ social media and streaming platforms. Either way, it would reduce the harm they could do - and in the case of a sale, they'd actually have to adhere to consumer friendly laws.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 43 points 7 months ago

They probably should. FB and all those other apps suck just as much.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fucken do it.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wish we would, but on the other hand, not being a totalitarian regime is kind of the reason why it's better here. Damned if you you, damned if you don't.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Protecting citizens' interests is not totalitarian.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it was about protecting citizens interests, PRISM would have been declared illegal and disbanded, not hushed and expanded.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

PRISM is European?

[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Read the whole comment chain again. The other guy said 'it should be ok for Europeans to ban US social media'. I said 'do it'. And they then replied about totalitarianism.

So the mention of PRISM confused me because I was talking about EU countries banning facebook and Instagram to protect their citizens.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I mean, they really should. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... These are all trash.

load more comments (28 replies)