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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Wait, is there another psyops software the CCP has deployed in the US?

[–] BlueJayOakerson@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Probably plenty. Tik tok is just the biggest owned by a foreign government that also is showing pretty immediate extreme negative effects on children’s attention spans and learning capabilities.

But people are still gonna whine because they’re 25 year olds who need to watch 80 videos of unboxing shoes in 4 minutes . That’s really the only pro tik tok argument there is.

[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

It sets a pretty chilling precedent that non-American competition can be forced to sell to Americans for (insert arbitrary reason here).

I am in favor of TikTok at least becoming restricted to adults only if not outright banned, just warning about the consequences of doing it this way.

[–] BlueJayOakerson@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

It really doesn’t set a bad precedent forcing a foreign adversary to have less control over the US population. We should really force the sale of a lot of Chinese properties in the US as well. A foreign government should not have so much control over rental and housing prices in the US.

Why are you pro foreign adversary controlling the daily lives of Americans? It’s a very odd stance to take and openly say unless you’re not American obviously.

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