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I think the guns and the trickle up economy are far worse. But this isn't actually about mental health, but banning media that shows a non western narrative.
Is that why Meta is also being sued over the negative mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram?
They too are promoting a non-western narrative?
The opposite, actually. I do agree that the "ban unless sold" situation with tiktok stems from lack of control over the narrative due to the crackdowns we are seeing on college protests.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and
@SoupBrick
And why is TikTok (and all other non-Chinese social media) banned in China then? Non-Western.narraties? Palestine? Other reasons?
My friend, do you think China does not benefit from the destabilization caused by putting the USA's blatant support of the ongoing genocide in Gaza on display for all the world to see? Does China have USA's best interest at heart, no. Is this platform allowing the continued growth of Pro-Palestine support, yes.
Why is TikTok banned in China, my friend?
Censorship, what does that have to do with the current conversation of the United States attempts at censorship of the Pro-Palestine narrative?
@SoupBrick
So banning social media platforms for censorship is okay, but if you do the same for protecting children's mental health it is not? Isn't that weird?
Ah, a troll gotcha. Nowhere did I say China was good. That is just a bad faith take. I was hoping you were actually trying to learn. Don't bother responding, you are blocked.
@SoupBrick@yiffit.net
It is a 'bad faith take' if one thinks that 'China is good'? Is that right?
I think blocking is bad esp in a small community but that person clearly suffering from a made enemy syndrome. based on this exchange. i still don't get the angel tbh.
Car dependency has created a world that forces children to live online since they can't do anything outside without their parents driving them around. So I just don't see how banning TikTok does anything to address the root problem. Banning Tiktok does nothing to solve the root issue of lacking 3rd places and community.
Because they have Douyin.
They're not trying to ban them though. And fines are nothing to a multibillion dollar company.
The federal ban is for ByteDance not TickTok.
And that's unrelated to the states filing this law suit.