Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWhy assume they know what they’re talking about for every single topic?
Because I would hope they know what they’re talking about when they write the legislation. Or at least can explain their reasoning for voting a certain way. Especially when nobody has made the case that TikTok is any less dangerous than Facebook or Twitter.
Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
They largely don’t write the legislation. Lobby groups draft the materials and if we’re lucky, the congressional aides make a pass and clean things up.
You can search for why TikTok is dangerous. There are plenty of examples of how the application and platform are not being forthright with how they collect your identifiers and weaponize them for information operations campaigns.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes but they should at least be able to explain why they voted a certain way on that legislation, right?
I agree that social media is dangerous for all the reasons mentioned, but I don’t see why Zuckerberg and Musk still get to do all those things.
Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m not arguing against them explaining their rationale. I originally argued that they shouldn’t be taken as experts.
Zuckerberg and Musk “get” to do these things because they are in the US, with majority US-based workers, running off US-based infrastructure. If any of these platforms are being used to facilitate attacks against the US, the government has can choose any number of methods to step in and enforcing compliance. That’s it.
If Facebook was run and operated out of Tunisia, I’d expect these same conversations to be happening with them as well.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Except Facebook and Twitter are being used to attack the US and spread disinformation and the government isn’t doing anything.
But I guess that’s what I should expect from a government that cares more about national security than the privacy of its citizens.