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In what way is taking a platform away from millions of Americans an acceptable way to do that? Yes, our taxes are funding a genocide and instead of listening to the droves of people protesting that they suddenly all get together and magically agree to ban tiktok. They can't agree to feed school children but still agreed to ban TikTok. The fact that you see it as retaliation is also hilarious because that's supposed to be illegal and they're still claiming that's not why they're doing it. Even you see through that bullshit on accident

Everything I said was relevant to my point. You linked the wiki to whataboutism and still used it wrong lmaooooo.

Of course you didn't answer the question. I knew you wouldn't.

What misinformation is it full of? You surely must know if you're confidently making this claim.

Honestly? You have clearly never used it. The fact that you're just parroting what you've heard from others brainlessly is what's truly cringy here. Absolutely low IQ behavior. Not worth my time.

It's because they've just decided they hate it/it's just full of dancing teenagers for years now and nothing will ever change their minds. Which is wild because if it ever was that I never saw it and I've been on it for like 5-6 years at least. Everyone just bought into our gov saying they're worried about propaganda/security when my page is mostly filled with memes, gaming stuff, gardening, recipes, cats, news, and now a bunch of people pissed off about the ban.

What really got me is how easily manipulated lemmy/reddit users were the second time they tried to ban it. Tiktok sent out a notification telling their users they were voting for the ban and offering to help them find their local representatives if they wanted to call them and object to it. As they should that's how democracy is supposed to work isn't it? Immediately they got flooded with calls from people like me telling them that we didn't want the ban. Also immediately, the media started to spin it as a bunch of "vulnerable" teenagers and elderly people were forced or tricked into calling in their confusion... And PEOPLE BELIEVED IT. Just ate it right up. Crazy.

Prove it

They can't really have a contingency because they won't sell. They can't due to the laws there anyway. It's been plainly stated countless times. We'll see how it goes but regardless the US gov is playing dirty here under the guise of protecting our security. The people clearly said no the first two times and they shoved it through anyway. I don't see how people don't find that at least a little alarming

You just made my point and you don't even realize it lmao

The apps themselves are wildly different. You think it's a coincidence that this got forced through right before elections? Our gov doesn't like that they can't control the narrative there. They also really don't like how upset tiktok makes the US corporations that fill their pockets. How is that comparable? Unless you think the ban is for security like they're claiming, which is laughable, because it's so obviously not.

I have misiphonia actually lol. I can't eat at restaurants because the sound of metal cutlery scraping together or scraping on people's teeth causes me physical pain and makes my own teeth "itch" for lack of a better word. It really sucks but I don't go around shaming people for eating in a way that's normal for them either.

So, I definitely get it but mocking people for sighing in contentment over their lil toasty cup of coffee seems criminal to me. It feels like there's not enough joy in the world right now to be making people feel bad about silly things like that ya know? :/

Oh you silly! The American corporations ARE the government at this point. But your point is valid either way. I don't think it's just about racism though. I think they want our data back in the US market. None of our corporate overlords can dip their greedy little fingers into TikTok data and that is very upsetting for them.

Facebook literally conducted "social experiments" on like a million of their users and didn't even get a slap on the wrist. What you're saying isn't even true but if it was so what? Another country profits off of stealing my data instead of the US? What has the US ever given me for my data? My taxes already help.fund genocides and I don't get any say in any of it so fuck it.

Because it has absolutely nothing to do with any of that and everything to do with US corporations wanting our data and eyeballs back. If you think otherwise you're just too easily manipulated.