It's more of a financial security concern from the aligarchy POV.
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Interesting to see "technofeudal" entering liberal discourse
It's true that both are security risks, and that Tiktok is even worse in general, however other proprietary social networks are also BAD and the proprietary algorithms behind them can all be used for massive user manipulation (control what they see, when they see it, and what they don't see, combined with tons of personal and psychological data about each user). That said, another factor that might be overlooked is that it also depends on how easy a target something is. An app by a foreign government that could be used to manipulate citizens is a much easier target for "banning". There's probably much less legal obstacles in the way in this case, and less resistance against it.
They know how much control they can assert of the population through controlling social media. They're not about to allow anyone else to use that, if they can help it. Also, it'll dilute their messaging, even if it wasn't as problematic as something like tiktok.
It makes sense the second you stop presuming any good faith.
I'm really curious what you thought this added to the conversation.
They're banning it because ChInA sCaRy
The govt isn't getting money from it?
They are, tho. TikTok still has to pay taxes.
But not on the data they harvest. Other platforms pay tax by selling the data rather than just harvesting it.
Google uses it to run ads. Facebook sold it to one of the listed countries back in 2016-ish and as a result in 2019 recieved the largest FTC in history at $5Bn and also faced similar cases in other countries, meaning they lost more money than they made doing that specific sale by far.
The US Government doesnt buy data, but they do sometimes request it via court orders and warrants.
The government can't control the narrative with it. Specifically the tipping point when they decided to ban it was when they realized people were free to call the genocide in Gaza a genocide without the US being able to overwhelm the platform with pro-Israel propaganda.
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It's because money money money, nomnomnom
What is this website?
The only link I have found that has the particular part of BoJack Horseman that I am referencing.
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