Comment by ericmay
18 hours ago
I don't think your freedom of speech is being curtailed by not being able to watch funny videos or propaganda on an app. TikTok also isn't an American company. Foreign companies have always been subject to U.S. regulations and laws that differ from the rights of American-owned businesses, as it should be and will continue to be.
But don't worry either way. It'll be wildly popular for Trump to save TikTok and he does really well on the platform so it'll be saved.
Friend. I do not worry. I dislike all social media and would not shed one tear if all those were dismantled.
What I shed a tear for is slow decline of US and its founding principles, because George Carlin clearly was right. Even if you barely pay attention, the list your your temporary privileges is slowly getting shorter.
edit: Even the fact that I have to explain it at such a basic level is tremendously sad.
I understand your discussion points, I just disagree with them. If we were talking about banning all social media, I think you'd be able to make a stronger 1st Amendment case.
Instead, we've passed a law through Congress to restrict a foreign business from operating in the United States. We do this all the time, and have from the start of our history. Such actions were supported by the founders and are legally consistent. Just because TikTok allows people to share memes better doesn't make it a free speech platform. It's just some company and we can choose to allow it to operate here or not as a society.
<< It's just some company and we can choose to allow it to operate here or not as a society.
That is some mighty slippery slope you are on friend. You sure you are ok with this one company being singled out and exceptions slowly applied to the first amendment? Make no mistake. This, at best, is just a temporary pitstop, because, as time progresses, more and more will chosen to be 'disfavored'/'disallowed' ( I have no way of knowing what euphemism will be used to describe it ) to operate in society. Should be fun.
<< If we were talking about banning all social media, I think you'd be able to make a stronger 1st Amendment case.
We are talking about TikTok, but I am arguing that singling one company out effectively undermines 1st amendment. You may be right about strengthtening the case. I am not able to properly judge that.
<< Instead, we've passed a law through Congress to restrict a foreign business from operating in the United States.
Sure, but the restriction does not seem to apply to other market contestants. Meta and MS do the same things ( but for US ) and yet do not seem to be penalized.
<< Just because TikTok allows people to share memes better doesn't make it a free speech platform.
Just because you consider it a useless meme, does not make it not speech. There is a reason why the saying goes 'a picture is worth a thousand words'.
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