By American Civil Liberties Union WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced it would be voting on a bill this Thursday that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States. T…
  • makeasnek@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    This is the real story IMO. The government has no business telling people they can't use certain apps for their speech. What's next? Apps which support encryption? Apps which don't support whoever the current political party is? You want Donald Trump or Joe Biden in charge of which apps you're allowed to use, really?

  • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    Huh. I hadn't considered that. I dislike the platform and liked the idea of it being blocked, but I hadn't considered it as a limitation of free speech.

    Begrudgingly, this changes my opinion.

  • Lad@reddthat.com
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    4 months ago

    I'd have more respect for the USA if it just dropped it's pretense of supporting absolute freedom of speech. In theory, spreading Chinese and Russian propaganda should be protected under free speech, but the US government is clearly not willing to allow it.

  • pingveno@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Honestly, I just can't muster any sympathy here. A Chinese company is getting manhandled by the US government in the same way China has been treating foreign companies for years. China wouldn't let a company be in the same position if the US government literally had a position on its board of directors, but that is exactly the case with TikTok. Fair is fair.