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This is the goofiest culture war debacle I've seen. I'm very ancient so I remember parts of the Satanic Panic, I remember the scare about Mortal Kombat and Doom making kids into murderers, I remember scares about Jackass and knockout games and now we're at scary phone apps. At least back then these reactionary freaks could point at something with at least the veneer of being scary. Satan, video games with blood everywhere, Johnny Knoxville tasering someone in the balls. It's still goofy to get upset about those, but at least it's got the outline of a basic argument.
What is it now? The scary lipsync videos are gonna make your kids into Chinese communists? Good, I hope they all read "On Contradiction" by Mao. I fully expect a tiktok style red army by this time next year or I'm gonna be disappointed.
Also if this is supposed to protect kids then all social media should be banned for kids. That stuff is brain rot and kids deserve better
There is soft power in controlling a platform with a lot of people. Just look how TikTok used it to organize a massive campaign via hijacking TikTok feed to inform them about potential ban and redirect them to their representatives. During conflict, it can be used more nefariously. But them singling out TikTok while not doing anything against their domestic platforms does make it hypocritical and make people question their motives.
Any app or any business that is being largely impacted by legislation will ask their customers to push for a favorable outcome. I've seen American businesses ask their customers to call Congress about one thing or another a bunch of times. This isn't "nefarious" or "hijacking a platform" it's normal business behavior
Literally all of Big Tech did this a few years ago with SOPA/PIPA and that stuff. People are acting like this is some crazy unheard of thing like they just figured out what the internet is a few months ago.