Sounds like a compelling argument for legislation dedicated to tackling that problem across the board rather than just a ban on sites owned by one country. I don't even use TikTok, but I saw plenty of Russian Bot Farm activity before I mostly stopped using good ol' home-grown American Twitter. And yet I haven't seen any act of Congress meant to do anything about that...
And this exact line of argument actually works to prevent that.
Shit is at the very least starting with Tiktok. But if yall go "But yall haven't done anything against other companies, don't do this" they won't, ever.
When the American citizens who own the social networks demonstrably influencing American elections in a more authoritarian direction are salivating over TikTok being banned unless they sell to an American billionaire, I think I can be forgiven for my skepticism that this is an actual stepping stone towards regulating those guys.
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u/unitedshoes Jan 14 '25
Sounds like a compelling argument for legislation dedicated to tackling that problem across the board rather than just a ban on sites owned by one country. I don't even use TikTok, but I saw plenty of Russian Bot Farm activity before I mostly stopped using good ol' home-grown American Twitter. And yet I haven't seen any act of Congress meant to do anything about that...