Truth Social: memeing a more open fascist back into the White house
Surprised no one has noticed yet
Submitted 6 months ago by 01010101011@reddthat.com to memes@reddthat.com
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NewLeaf@hexbear.net 6 months ago
FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Yea weird how that isn’t banned. You would think for someone who hates Trump so much, he would go after TruthSocial instead of TikTok. brandon
NewLeaf@hexbear.net 6 months ago
The tiktok ban isn’t even happening until after the election, and the Biden campaign says they will be staying on tiktok until then.
But somehow this isn’t hypocritical according to libs because reasons. I took so much psychic damage in the thread about it on /r/politics
DarkGamer@kbin.social 6 months ago
I like that truth social exists, terrible people quarantine themselves there and I'm sure it provides a convenient place to monitor extremists.
Etterra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh I knew Temu was bullshit the second I saw it’s first ad.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Just to clarify that the actual law doesn’t apply to Tiktok only…
FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Where do I buy this credit card information? fedposting
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 6 months ago
It’s a pretty simple process. First, you apply for a credit card from a bank. It helps if you have a good credit score but even if you don’t you can get a basic one. Then you start spending very small amounts on it. Doesn’t matter the amount, a few dollars every month and make sure you pay that bill on time. In the meantime, get a college degree, followed by some well paying job. Keep paying that monthly credit card bill on time though, and all your other bills. And then, a few years down the line from your first credit card, you’ll be able to get a few more with your good credit score. Hell, they’ll even send you free ones in the mail. Suddenly, you’ll have all the credit card numbers you’ll ever need. Banks hate this one simple trick!
FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Wow thanks. No need though, I got numbers for $10 and defrauded Stripe for $1000.
TeddyKila@hexbear.net 6 months ago
china pooped my pants
SoyViking@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Temu is not nearly as interesting for US oligarchs as TikTok. If they manage to steal TikTok, the tech oligarchs just have to run another app but if they steal Temu they suddenly have to deal with the logistics of shipping dirt cheap physical products to people.
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Or you know the fact that TEMU is a shitty fucking marketplace while Tiktok is a social media which can have much more influence on people which is what the government is accusing them of exploiting
bcoffy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube all in the corner doing the exact same thing just on American soil
mvirts@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They dont care because temu isnt political 🙃
Maoo@hexbear.net 6 months ago
A meme created by the rare person that has never used an e-commerce website.
You give companies your name, address, phone number, and credit card number when you shop online.
This has been a friendly PSA for the racist 6-year-old that made this meme.
mathemachristian@hexbear.net 6 months ago
The tiktok ban is not about them stealing personal data the fuck? Why would they care?
Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Because personal data is the government’s data if it’s certain people.
GrymEdm@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The only explanation that makes sense to me is that TikTok is being targeted because it’s teaching people to criticize their governments. It’s a source of news that can’t be controlled and that’s dangerous. The bill isn’t about changing TikTok’s short-form format or restricting access to user’s data - it’s about moving it’s into the US for the sake of control or killing their influence if that won’t happen.
Arguments about mental health and data safety fall completely flat for me when so many other companies, apps, and governments are left alone in spite of the same problems. Social media, ads, video games, etc. are all deliberately designed to be addictive. Big companies like Google and Facebook/Meta have a business model of collecting data and “sharing” it with others. Governments collect data without protections like warrants all the time, and that includes the US. If mental health, privacy, and data safety were really the issues that motivated lawmakers we’d be seeing much more general protections as opposed to targeting one company.
yeahiknow3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Or, and I know this sounds crazy so bear with me, TikTok has almost 200 million US users and it’s owned by a hostile authoritarian regime seeking to dismantle any vestige of democracy around the globe.
Just spitballing here.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh shit was it Byte dance that spread RW propaganda and radicalized a generation of young men in support of one political candidate?
Oh no that was Meta (fb at the time).
How about a company disproportionately allowing one specific sub to violate content and user policies for months, years before acting, effectively allowing Russian propaganda bots to build a grassroots movement from what strated as a parody sub? (r/thedonald, Reddit).
Google has done the same thing via YT, effectively driving specific demographics to right wing conspiracy 🥜 job. At the same time they suppress leftist viewpoints and availability if leftist content.
Big tech wants RW fascism in the US.
masinko@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, but Tiktok is worth billions. The law also won’t ban it unless it’s sold sold to an American company.
I’m on the conspiracy that Congress reps already have stocks in the companies that would bid for Tiktok, and they’re trying to force a sale.
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Amazon has also been stealing people’s information and credit card numbers. eBay, instacart, even stores like Walmart and target. We have to stop this epidemic of people giving their addresses and paying online in exchange for items being delivered to their houses.
thezeesystem@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Temu doesn’t give information the government doesn’t want you to see.
Ironically the us government banning TikTok is pretty much what China does with Western media iirc. So like. China bad, but we be like China?
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I couldn’t care less about private companies pulling data from their app or having my credit card number. I’d rather strong laws on what the government can buy and compel from them.
Mikufan@ani.social 6 months ago
In difference to ticktock thats temu shit isn’t addictive or a propaganda Mashine.
But yes, both should be banned in the western world, but for different reasons.
flames5123@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t think either should be banned. We just need data protection laws. The government going after single companies sets a dangerous precedent.
What the EU did with some of their compliance laws that targeted Google and Apple was set a number of users, so it wasn’t necessarily targeting a single or set company, as it applied to future companies too.
sukhmel@programming.dev 6 months ago
Do you mean that if something isn’t propaganda or addictive it can steal and spy to its heart’s content?
Also, there is a lot of propaganda and addictive things, especially from Meta, that seems to be okay 🤔
Mikufan@ani.social 6 months ago
That is the opposite of what i said.
Yes but meta isn’t the Chinese government ordering propaganda. Meta definitely has problems but those problems are fixable, ticktock on the other hand will not follow such laws and since it’s the Chinese governments sock puppet they will definitely fight it.