r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 15 '25

Social Media TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-plans-immediate-us-shutdown-153524617.html
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u/Metalsand Jan 15 '25

National security is also an extremely valid reason for banning something.

If that was their concern, the law would be specifying data privacy requirements going forward, not just "this app from another country is popular, therefore we should ban it".

If the problem is China having access to user data, why is every other Chinese app still allowed, and countries with operations in other countries that are friendly (and thus potentially connected) to China still allowed?

Even if you still disregard all of this, do you truly believe that a Senate comprised of people whose average age is 70 years have the understanding and capacity to decide what apps should be allowed? Consider that for the overwhelming majority of their life, "apps" was short for "appetizers", and they're just barely capable of emailing.

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u/gold_rush_doom Jan 15 '25

You all are just whatabouting away and playing into China's game.

Are there national security concerns with regards to TikTok? Yes.

That should be enough to ban it.

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u/negative_four Jan 15 '25

Then it should be enough to ban and restrict the other social media platforms. Everybody keeps throwing around whataboutism on reddit but it's not what about ism if we're literally banning an app without addressing the actual problem.

If nine people commit a crime and we only arrest one "what about the other 8 people" is a perfectly reasonable question

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u/gold_rush_doom Jan 16 '25

You can address the problem one platform at a time. It's a good start and don't let perfect be the enemy of good.