Social media requires free users to function on to fundamental of a level for that to really work tbh

Honestly I think they already hit critical mass.

Yup. People should be allowed to risk their own lives when it doesn’t risk others

… that’s not what I said at all. I specifically said, “hostile foreign power” for a reason.

How is there less risk to Americans on a platform like X(itter) instead of TikTok?

See my statement on how all should be regulated. But the difference is that country can enforce the regulations.

I don’t believe any media should be banned. But algorithms should be subject to regulation and worry, in my opinion.

“it’s just a game” is a common phrase used to justify cheating, and insult people who call it out. I’m pointing to the usage of “it’s just an app” here as similar to that, meaning it’s used to downplay how much actual impact an app can have, and to insult those who call it out, by making it out to be a lesser thing than it actually is.

Tiktok has a fuck ton of problems. Letting in run free is ridiculous. But all of the major social medias need the hammer brought down on them, they should not be solely targeting tiktok.

Letting a hostile foreign power control a social media site is dangerous. Same reason Europe should ban the American ones, we should ban tiktok

“Just an app” is a statement that ignores reality. Similar to the statement “it’s just a game”. Apps have real world consequences

…teaching your kid to be safe. It’s that simple. Be with them until they’re old enough, and then they’re fine on their own. People underestimate how fine kids will be.

Never dehumanize your enemy. No matter how much of a monster they are. Realize that they are human, and doing this, and that is why it is terrible.