Comment on US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 11 months agoTikTok is not a tool for its users, it is a tool for a for profit corporation
That pretty much describes every corporation in existence.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Some of them provide utility and some don’t, which is why we don’t allow children to drink, smoke, or gamble. If a company providing those goods and services targets those demographics it gets political action.
Welcome to the nuance of society and the modern world.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 11 months ago
But they’re not disallowing children smoking, drinking, or gambling here. It’s more akin to disallowing children from drinking Smirnoff, smoking Marlboros, or playing blackjack and nothing else.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Reigning any of them in is a step in the right direction.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 11 months ago
If this had anything to do with children, they’d be reigning them all in at once instead of wasting time singling one of many out.
Gabu@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No it’s not, you absolute buffoon. It’s a step in the direction of narrative control.