Talk of the Tik Tok ban predates the attack that triggered the current iteration of violence in Israel/Gaza.
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SeattleRain@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’re banning it because they blame tick tok for the pro Palestinian movement. Zuck and Google have been spying on users for decades.
nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 months ago
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Zuck and Google have been spying on users for decades.
Also not Chinese companies.
sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s ridiculous. Government doesn’t move that quickly. They’ve been thinking about how to deal with foreign interference for years. Also, I hate to break it to you, but the Palestine thing isn’t that interesting or important in the grand scheme. At best, the Palestinians, like the Houthis and Hezbollah, are pawns used by Iran to stir up trouble from time to time. This conflict has been going on for 80 years already and the overall trend in the Middle East is toward peace and economic integration with Israel. No one is going to push the Jews into the sea and liberate Palestine for the Palestinians.
Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you don’t think Israel “that interesting or important” to the US government, you haven’t been paying attention. full stop. This isn’t about Palestine, its always been about Israel. They send way too much money to us politicians, including the one in the white house, for it to not matter “in the grand scheme”. AIPAC money alone should be enough to convince you.
sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Perhaps I misspoke. I mean to say that the periodic flare-ups with the Palestinians are not that important anymore. They used to be. But nowadays, Israel’s neighbours aren’t invading with tanks and, as I said, the overall trend is towards peace and economic integration with Israel. I agree with you that Israel is important to the US for many good strategic and political reasons.
Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Iran literally just sent drones into Israel. You haven’t been paying attention.
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
TikTok was also an organizing job during Black Lives Matter in 2020, this isn’t new.
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Baby’s 1st comment 🥹
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As bad as Meta and Google are in this respect, they are not under direct government control. It’s just different with the TikTok parent.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That seems like quite a leap.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmm brand new account, first comment, definitely no Astroturfing going on here.
Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Tik Tok ban is about keeping big tech in the hands of the USA. Are my account stats better for you?
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Tik Tok ban is about keeping big tech out of the hand of enemy nation states.
In doing so, yes they have also kept it in the hands of the USA.
Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why not just kill the app then instead of asking for divestment? Why do they still need it?
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
The bill is worded so vaguely, it could be applied to anything. This is a massive overreach and the fact that you aren’t concerned is alarming. You just don’t give a fuck bc you don’t like TikTok, but this isn’t just about TikTok.
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
y’all are PARANOID. anyone who disagrees is a shill