If banning the harvest of user data was the real reason for going after tiktok, they would’ve banned harvesting user data. Meta infamously sells their’s to the highest bidder. Are you certain they don’t sell to China? They’ve been caught lying about what they do with it before
…uuummm, because it’s fair and just? Ngl, I’m not sure how else to answer that because I’ve never heard somebody argue against fair and consistent application of the law before. Maybe I’m just being an idealist here, but when somebody compromises health and safety, they should get disciplined because it’s against the law to compromise health and safety; Not because they happened to catch the attention of Congress.
Edit: Actually let me ask you because I need to know: Why shouldn’t the government be impartial in matters of health and safety? In what situations should the violations of health and safety by some parties be ignored and those of other parties be exaggerated? Because, you know, that’s what “partial” means.
This mentality is how we get equality for neonazis and “bOtH sIdEs” arguments. I actually don’t give a shit if life isn’t fair and balanced for garbage people. I don’t want the government to be fair to everyone, I want it to protect it’s people from fascism and psyops.
Let’s back up, I think we’re getting hung up on the semantics of the word “fair” here. I’m not asking for “equality”, I’m asking for the passage of rights and regulations protecting United States citizens from everything that TikTok is accused of, and then holding every company operating in the United States to that standard. I don’t want the government cherry-picking which companies they’ll protect us from, I want digital privacy rights to protect me from ALL of them!!! 👇 That’s impartial governing. 👇 That’s fair. Legislation singling out TikTok specifically is a pathetic bandaid solution at best, but I’m afraid that it’s really a dishonest abuse of power, and that it’s precedent will lead to more entities getting banned arbitrarily.
Don’t get me wrong, fuck TikTok, I don’t use it myself, but this legislation is clearly bullshit not written with our protection in mind, and I swear we’re seeing the Constitution erode before our eyes (you know, more than it already has).
If banning the harvest of user data was the real reason for going after tiktok, they would’ve banned harvesting user data. Meta infamously sells their’s to the highest bidder. Are you certain they don’t sell to China? They’ve been caught lying about what they do with it before
Wild how two of you read what I wrote and inserted commentary about Meta that I never mentioned. Ban all of Meta too, please, I really mean it.
That’s my point! We can’t just have the government wack-a-moling businesses like that, that’s not impartial governing.
Why does the government need to be impartial when dealing with public health and safety?
…uuummm, because it’s fair and just? Ngl, I’m not sure how else to answer that because I’ve never heard somebody argue against fair and consistent application of the law before. Maybe I’m just being an idealist here, but when somebody compromises health and safety, they should get disciplined because it’s against the law to compromise health and safety; Not because they happened to catch the attention of Congress.
Edit: Actually let me ask you because I need to know: Why shouldn’t the government be impartial in matters of health and safety? In what situations should the violations of health and safety by some parties be ignored and those of other parties be exaggerated? Because, you know, that’s what “partial” means.
This mentality is how we get equality for neonazis and “bOtH sIdEs” arguments. I actually don’t give a shit if life isn’t fair and balanced for garbage people. I don’t want the government to be fair to everyone, I want it to protect it’s people from fascism and psyops.
Let’s back up, I think we’re getting hung up on the semantics of the word “fair” here. I’m not asking for “equality”, I’m asking for the passage of rights and regulations protecting United States citizens from everything that TikTok is accused of, and then holding every company operating in the United States to that standard. I don’t want the government cherry-picking which companies they’ll protect us from, I want digital privacy rights to protect me from ALL of them!!! 👇 That’s impartial governing. 👇 That’s fair. Legislation singling out TikTok specifically is a pathetic bandaid solution at best, but I’m afraid that it’s really a dishonest abuse of power, and that it’s precedent will lead to more entities getting banned arbitrarily.
Don’t get me wrong, fuck TikTok, I don’t use it myself, but this legislation is clearly bullshit not written with our protection in mind, and I swear we’re seeing the Constitution erode before our eyes (you know, more than it already has).
(double comment, my bad)